The AccuCinch device is properly placed with anchors around the heart. The improved results are compared to those who use medication alone. “The evidence that we have so far from the early ...

The AccuCinch® Ventricular Restoration System is the first completely percutaneous device designed to directly reshape the left ventricle of the heart, thereby addressing the fundamental issue in ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#accucinch--Ancora Heart, Inc., a company developing a novel device-based therapy to address heart failure, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Ancora Heart has developed the AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System, an investigational device therapy designed to repair the enlarged left ventricle targeting the underlying cause of heart ...

The device comprises a cablelike system that wraps around the inside of the ventricle, then is cinched to reshape and support the heart chamber. The AccuCinch system—which was given the FDA’s ...

The AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System aims to reduce the size of the heart’s left ventricle. “It’s a catheter-based device that’s released into the left side of the heart,” he said.

“This AccuCinch device is made up of anchors that actually grab hold of the muscle. These anchors are connected with a string,” said Dr. Satya Shreenivas, an interventional cardiologist at the ...

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Heart failure is the leading cause of death in the United states, beating all cancers combined. Treating it costs more than $30 billion a year. Typical ...

The heart institute successfully implanted the AccuCinch into New Mexico’s first patient in February, and according to ABQ Journal, the procedure went perfectly. “He had an immediate response ...

The AccuCinch System treats secondary mitral regurgitation, ... FDA approves new indication for valve repair device to treat certain heart failure patients with mitral regurgitation. https: ...

Timothy Raymond — D.O., FACC, Advanced Heart Failure Cardiology specialist for The Christ Hospital and a principal investigator on the Accucinch trial—said that medicines and devices to treat ...

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Heart failure is the leading cause of death in the United States, beating all cancers combined. Treating it costs more than $30 billion a year.