Heart Failure
WASHINGTON - Talk about unnecessary misery: One in five Medicare patients winds up back in the hospital within a month - even worse, one in four patients with heart failure.
ORLANDO, Fla. - For the first time, a miniature heart pump shows the potential to become a widely used, permanent treatment for many older people with severe heart failure.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Doctors say that a new type of heart pump greatly improves survival of people with severe heart failure.