The ACCESS model is designed help more patients get treated and managed with advanced technologies. In addition to heart failure, improved coverage has been announced for Medicare beneficiaries battling COPD, substance use disorders and nicotine dependence.

Heart failure patients with a CardioMEMS implant can now monitor their own pulmonary artery pressure readings and receive clinician feedback through a smartphone app.

Researchers tracked years of data, noting that strokes and other neurological adverse events reduce a patient's odds of survival.  

The Heart Failure Society of America has released a new comprehensive look at HF clinics in the United States. The report includes more than 300 programs that serve approximately 626,000 patients.

Blocking the enzyme succinate dehydrogenase can flip a metabolic switch in adult mice to prompt cardiomyocyte regeneration.

The long-term goal is to bring 24-7 cardiac care to every American, even those living in counties with no cardiologists.

MRI scans have traditionally been used for extracellular volume assessments. That is starting to change, however, as cardiac CT moves beyond its typical focus on the coronary arteries.

John Landry joins Minneapolis-based CVRx with more than 20 years of experience as a financial leader in the medtech space.