PHILADELPHIA -- Heart failure is a major, and costly, medical problem. The mean cost for one hospital stay is $15,000, and many patients are in the hospital again and again. But a tiny device is ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Heart failure is a major, and costly, medical problem. The mean cost for one hospital stay is $15,000 and many patients are in the hospital again and again. But a tiny device is ...

As Abbott seeks an expanded indication for its CardioMEMS device for patients with heart failure, it’s also hoping to win over a national coverage decision from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

Atlanta, Georgia-based health device maker CardioMEMS received FDA clearance for its CardioMEMS HF System, which monitors pulmonary artery pressure, but for patients who have experienced New York ...

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to CardioMEMS and its heart failure monitoring device that St. Jude Medical recently acquired for $375 million. Surgeons implant the smaller-than-a-dime ...

An implant the size of a paper clip that allows people with heart failure to monitor their condition from home has been approved for use on NHS patients in England.

CardioMEMS ran into a regulatory roadblock last week, when an FDA advisory panel recommended that the agency not approve the company's Champion HF Monitoring System. The device is said to be the first ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Food and Drug Administration review of CardioMEMS' device for treating heart failure found it has met its main safety and effectiveness goals, based on trial results. But the ...

(RTTNews) - Abbott (ABT) reported results of the GUIDE-HF clinical trial which assessed the benefits of the CardioMEMS HF System in an expanded patient population not currently approved for the device ...

St. Jude Medical, a medical device company and part owner of Atlanta-based CardioMEMS, plans to exercise an option to acquire all of the company now that CardioMEMS’ heart-failure monitoring device ...

Heart failure occurs when the heart can no longer pump enough blood and oxygen to support the organs in the body. According to the Heart Failure Society of America, heart failure is a growing problem, ...