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Study: New Device Can Slow, Reverse Heart Failure

Cuff around aorta pumps blood from the heart, proves effective in some severe cases (COLUMBUS, Ohio) October 2014 – Citing a new published study doctors are calling an experimental device a “potential breakthrough” in the treatment of heart failure patients. The C-Pulse device was tested in 20 patients for the first time in the U.S. and was able to slow or, in some cases, actually reverse the symptoms of heart failure. It could represent a new treatment option for many of the 5 million Americans with heart failure. “We saw remarkable improvements in how these patients felt and their quality of life was substantially improved,” said Dr. William Abraham, director of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and lead author of the study. “Some patients went from very advanced cases of heart failure to having only mild symptoms, or none at all. In a couple of instances, patients were actually able to be removed from the pump,” he said. The C-Pulse is a cuff that’s wrapped around the outside of the aorta and is synced with a patient’s heartbeat to help push blood out of the heart more efficiently.