Article: Medtronic, Carematix Launch Study on the Effectiveness of Remote Monitoring of Heart Patients

Article: Physicians use the Internet to remotely monitor heart failure patients.
Biotech Week;  January 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Medtronic CareLink Network remote monitoring service, heart failure patients...services for the Heart Failure Center at...with the CareLink Network, physicians...patient's heart failure condition. With the CareLink Network, we have...

Article: Heart failure is a condition that requires life changes
Post-Tribune (IN);  April 27, 2007 ;     638 words ......PRINTED VERSION Although the term "heart failure" sounds ominous, it does not mean that...stopped or is about to stop suddenly. Heart failure means that the heart is not pumping...families. Sometimes the exact cause of heart failure is not known. If allowed to progress...

Article: TAKE HEART DOCTORS SAY AGGRESIVE TREATMENT CAN REDUCE THE HUGE TOLL FROM HEART FAILURE
The Boston Globe;  February 16, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Prime, then 71, was facing death from heart failure. He recalls the terror of being awakened...lesson for doctors and patients alike. Heart failure doesn't have to mean a steady, miserable...Effective prevention and treatment of heart failure ought to top medical priority lists...

Article: Medtronic OptiVol Alerts and CareLink Network May Give Physicians Early Warning for Treatment
Wireless News;  September 5, 2008 ;     693 words ......OptiVol Alerts and CareLink Network May Give Physicians...OptiVol Alerts and CareLink Network May Give Physicians...worldwide suffer from heart failure, and most heart failure hospitalizations...warning of their heart failure patients' worsening...reducing ...

Article: National Heart Failure Awareness Week February 8-14, 2009: Visit www.abouthf.org to Learn More About Heart Failure.
PR Newswire;  February 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ......Individuals at risk are encouraged to learn about Heart Failure-how to prevent it and to successfully manage and live with it during Heart Failure Awareness Week February 8-14, 2009 Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) Provides 11 Fact-Filled...

Article: Millions living with heart failure
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  May 23, 2007 ;     522 words ...If you or a loved one have heart failure, you are not alone. Nearly 5 million Americans are living with heart failure. More than 550,000 new cases of heart failure are diagnosed in the U.S. every year. Twenty percent of hospital admissions every...

Article: Heart failure may run in family
China Daily;  July 19, 2006 ;     286 words ......YORK: The children of parents with heart failure have an increased likelihood of developing...would be added justification for adding heart failure to the list of conditions that one...investigated whether a parental history of heart failure increased the risk of impaired function...

Article: Evidence Supports Utility of Remote Patient Management and Fluid Monitoring Alerts to Potentially Reduce Heart Failure Hospitalisations.
Heart Disease Weekly;  September 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ......worldwide suffer from heart failure(1), and most heart failure hospitalisations...warning of their heart failure patients' worsening...reducing the rate of heart failure hospitalisations...United States.) Heart failure is a progressive...population of ...

Article: National Heart Failure Awareness Campaign Kicks off; Experts Discuss How Awareness Can Save Lives.
PR Newswire;  February 10, 2005 ;     440 words ......Calif., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) kicks off National Heart Failure Awareness Week (February 13- 19, 2005...feature internationally recognized heart failure specialists presenting information...

Article: Thousands of UK Heart Failure Deaths Could be Prevented, According to New Survey.
PR Newswire Europe;  February 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ......largest surveys ever undertaken on heart failure shows that inadequate awareness, diagnosis...preventable deaths every year. In the UK, heart failure claims at least 24,000 lives each year...shows a widespread lack of knowledge on heart failure, a condition which affects more than...

Article: Monday, February 12, the Start of Second National Heart Failure Awareness Week.
PR Newswire;  February 9, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Actress Linda Evans Teams Up With the Heart Failure Society of America to Support National...Campaign NEW YORK, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Heart failure is responsible for more hospitalizations...millions of Americans are living with heart failure but are unaware of their condition...

Article: Number of heart failure patients in the UK set to grow, representing a huge cost burden on the NHS.
M2 Presswire;  December 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ......December 2002-DATAMONITOR: Number of heart failure patients in the UK set to grow, representing...The number of people with chronic heart failure in the western world is growing so...in 86,000 hospitalisations per year, heart failure is currently estimated to cost the...

Article: American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association Guidelines: New Heart Failure Guidelines Stress Early Diagnosis and Treatment.
PR Newswire;  August 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ......and new treatments can help battle heart failure -- a growing national problem that...Performance Measures for Adults with Chronic Heart Failure and the ACC/AHA Key Data Elements and...and Outcomes of Patients with Chronic Heart Failure. Noting that new treatment approaches...

Article: Heart failure is '800-pound gorilla,' experts say
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  February 12, 2006 ;     595 words ...Patients who have heart failure may have any number of other medical...Renlund, medical director of the Heart Failure Program at LDS Hospital. "That...Intermountain Healthcare Hotline on heart failure. He added facetiously that if...