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By filling in gaps in the continuum of care, new technologies are shifting the management of heart failure from the palliation of a terminal illness to the management of a chronic disease. by Mary Stu

When we first became acquainted with Houston’s MicroMed Cardiovascular Inc. (then known as MicroMed Technology) in 1998, the start-up sought to bring left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) into t

In medtech sectors where it can take decades to get a device to market, companies face the real and ever-present danger that by the time they launch their latest generation product, their technology h

by Mary Thompson Editor’s Note: The following article is based on Medtech Insight’s March 2007 report, Current and Emerging Technologies for the Management of Heart Failure in the US (Report #A211.) H