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HF Clinic Products
DISCOVER AUDICORŪ TS
As a busy cardiologist caring for patients in your
practice, you and your staff are on the leading edge of helping to
diagnose and manage many of the 500,000 new heart failure cases
identified each year. As you have experienced, cardiac
resynchronization therapy (CRT) has emerged as an effective therapy
option for NYHA class III or IV patients.
About 25% of heart failure patients also suffer from left
ventricular (LV) mechanical dyssynchrony. The integrated function of
all heart chambers are key determinants of heart failure.
Nonuniformities of mechanical contraction, or dyssynchrony can lead
to inefficient pump performance and energy expenditure in cardiac
patients. Consequently, these patients experience suboptimal
ventricular filling, a reduction in LV dP/dt (rate of rise of
ventricular contractile force or pressure), prolonged duration of
mitral regurgitation, and paradoxical septal wall motion.
Ventricular dyssynchrony has also been associated with increased
mortality in HF.
Acoustic cardiography offers a new innovative method of helping
assess dyssynchrony and hemodynamic measures. Click here
to learn more about how acoustic cardiography can help clinicians
manage their heart failure patients.
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