Northwestern Memorial trials implantable device to manage congestive heart failure symptoms (EurekAlert!)

( Northwestern Memorial Hospital ) Northwestern Memorial's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute is one of seven programs in the country participating in new study aimed at improving the heart's pumping action and helping to manage congestive heart failure symptoms. The US PARACHUTE trial tests the effectiveness of placing a small device in the left ventricle, or main pumping chamber of the heart. ...

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