Interatrial shunt devices for heart failure with normal ejection fraction: a technology update

• Published in: Medical devices (Auckland, N.Z.) Vol. 10; pp. 123 - 132
• Main Authors: Cuthbert, Joseph J, Pellicori, Pierpaolo, Clark, Andrew L
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2017; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Anticoagulants; Cardiology; Cardiovascular disease; Care and treatment; Congenital diseases; Defects; Heart failure; Heart failure with normal ejection fraction. Heart failure with normal ejection fraction. Interatrial shunt devices. IASD. V-Wave. Device therapy; Hypertension; Medical prognosis; Mortality; Pulmonary arteries; Quality of life; Review; Risk factors; Surgical anastomosis; Veins & arteries; Workloads; New York; United States > US; device therapy; V-Wave; preserved EF; HeFPEF; review; HFpEF; HeFNEF; IASD

Heart failure with normal ejection fraction (HeFNEF) accounts for ~50% of heart failure admissions. Its pathophysiology and diagnostic criteria are yet to be defined clearly which may hinder the search for effective treatments. The clinical hallmark of HeFNEF is exertional breathlessness, often due...