The ACC has teamed up with Foodsmart, Higi and the Healthy Corner Store to launch the Buffalove Caring Hearts Initiative, which will provide sustainable, ongoing support and infrastructure for cardiovascular health and food access/security in the communities directly affected by the mass shooting in Buffalo, NY, in May.
The size, shape, and orientation of the left atrial appendage (LAA) in humans is widely variable. Therefore, achieving complete occlusion of the LAA using fixed-shape devices has proven challenging.
Despite the advances in medical therapy in patients with chronic heart failure (HF) over the recent years, acute HF remains a vexing problem, with high rates of morbidity and mortality.