The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center on Wednesday randomized the first patient in the world in a clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of a device designed to alleviate heart failure symptoms.
Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc.Sep 4 2023 The first patient is a 54-year-old man from Bellefontaine, Ohio whose heart failure had been causing severe shortness of breath.
Rami Kahwash, MD, director of Ohio State's Heart and Vascular Research Organization and professor of clinical medicine at the Ohio State College of Medicine Related StoriesHeart failure is the world's leading cause of hospitalizations, affecting 6.2 million in the U.S. This chronic condition occurs when the heart muscle is not working efficiently. Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction , accounting for half of heart failure cases, occurs when the heart muscle becomes stiff and does not relax and fill properly.
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