This is a Class I recall, which means using the devices “may cause serious injuries or death.” The catheter's instructions have been updated to reduce the risk of complications going forward. 

The devices, designed to provide temporary support to a patient's left ventricle, have been associated with a long list of issues in recent months. 

Medicare enrollees paid a total of $3.4 billion in out-of-pocket costs for these drugs in 2022 alone, according to new data shared by the White House. 

Purvi Parwani, MD, discussed the trend toward multimodality imaging for heart failure management. All modalities have their own weaknesses, she explained. 

Researchers think their findings, which were presented at ESC Congress 2023 and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, could "change the nature of the conversation about the role of obesity in HFpEF."

According to a new analysis of more than 280,000 deaths, the number of obesity-related cardiovascular deaths in the United States tripled from 1999 to 2020.