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pulmonary artery sensor
Experimental device.
Indications:
- class 3 heart failure
- may be used in conjunction with cardiac resynchronization therapy
Mechanism of action:
- presumptively provides changes in pulmonary artery pressure from which a physician can assess changes in heart failure status
Clinical trials:
- lowers heart failure-related hospitalizations [1]
- number of days alive outside of hospital not much different
General
device (medical device)
References
- Abraham WT et al. for the CHAMPION Trial Study Group.
Wireless pulmonary artery haemodynamic monitoring in
chronic heart failure: A randomised controlled trial.
Lancet 2011 Feb 19; 377:658.
PMID: 21315441