pulmonary artery pressure monitor (CardioMEMS HF)
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Indications
- treatment of patients who have been hospitalized with NYHA class 3 heart failure in the previous year[1]
Mechanism of action
- a small implantable device provides pulmonary artery pressure measurements (daily)[1]
- three parts:
- a small permanent sensor implanted in the pulmonary artery
- a catheter-based delivery system
- a system that acquires & processes pulmonary artery pressure measurements from the implanted monitor & transfers the data to a secure database
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References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 FDA News Release. May 28, 2014 FDA approves first implantable wireless device with remote monitoring to measure pulmonary artery pressure in certain heart failure patients. http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm399024.htm