Minnesota health system begins using paperclip-sized heart monitor
Essentia Health, a health system based in Duluth, Minnesota, has begun using a new monitoring device in patients with heart disease, reports an ABC affiliate in Minnesota.
The CardioMEMS Heart Failure Monitoring system, which is no bigger than a paperclip, has been implanted into four patients at the facility. The device monitors patients’ blood flow through daily pulmonary artery pressure readings and can catch symptoms before patients begin feeling them.
Kimberly Boddicker, MD, a cardiologist at Essentia, says the device will help cut down on hospitalizations.
"It's one more tool we have to optimize patients’ medications, keep them out of the hospital, help them live a more productive life," she added.
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