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Can Implantable Devices for Heart Failure Help Assess Risk of Future Adverse Events for Heart Failure Patients?
Date:9/24/2008

characterized by fluid accumulation. This study examined whether certain changes in the fluid index could identify patients at risk for subsequent heart failure event. Additionally, if a potentially life-threatening arrhythmia is detected, the devices in this study were capable of delivering an electrical pulse or shock to correct it.

Dr. Whellan explained that the trial observed how well the diagnostic parameters predicted the incidence of clinical events. "We now have this continuous diagnostic data available for patients during in-clinic visits as well as a remote follow up over the internet. This trial found that patients with a high intrathoric fluid were about three times more likely to have a subsequent heart failure event, independent of other clinical variables."

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About Heart Failure

Heart failure is a progressive condition in which the heart muscle becomes weakened after it is injured from heart attack or high blood pressure and gradually loses its ability to pump enough blood to supply the body's needs. Many people are not aware they have heart failure because the symptoms are often mistaken for signs of getting older. Heart failure affects from 4.6 to 4.8 million individuals in the United States. Demographic and clinical evidence strongly suggest the prevalence of heart failure will increase throughout the next decade. Ten to 15 years ago heart failure was considered a "death sentence;" however, recent advances in treatment have shown that early diagnosis and proper care in early stages of the condition are key to slowing, stop
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