Ventura's permanent interatrial shunt was designed to shunt blood from the left to right atrium to improve symptoms in ...

The FDA’s Circulatory System Devices Panel voted not to recommend approving use of an interatrial shunt to improve heart failure symptoms and prognosis.In a 0-15 vote, the committee determined risk ...

An FDA advisory panel gave a unanimous verdict for an interatrial shunt in heart failure: no way.

An FDA advisory panel unanimously agreed that Johnson & Johnson MedTech's V-Wave Ventura interatrial shunt's risks outweigh ...

A ventricular shunt is a small plastic tube that is surgically placed to drain excess fluid and relieve pressure on the brain. Ventricular shunts are used on children to treat hydrocephalus, a ...

Controlled removal of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by serial tapping of ventricular reservoir, such as the McComb reservoir, is an effective way to decompress the ventricular system in preterm infants ...

Ventricular CSF shunt infections due to Corynebacterium jeikeium are rare. Such infections may become manifest weeks to months after surgery. They are difficult to eradicate and often recur. We report ...

Background: The rate of repeat shunt-related cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) infections and the contributing risk factors were analyzed. Methods: Our clinic treated 58 children for initial shunt ...

VIENNA, Austria — Patients with enlarged brain ventricles and clinically suspected idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) may be at increased risk for dementia, new research suggests. In the ...

SINCE the advent of open-heart surgery ventricular septal defects have become a surgically correctable anomaly. Surgeons, in their understandable enthusiasm, have recommended early repair of these ...