Doctors say that identifying the right patients will be critical to the future of the field. Only time will tell, according to trialists.

What Is a VP Shunt? A ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is a narrow plastic tube that drains excess cerebrospinal fluid into your abdomen (belly). Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protects your brain by acting ...

Children born with defects that impair the heart's lower chambers undergo a series of invasive surgeries early in life. The first surgery includes implantation of a plastic tube called a shunt to ...

Uncertainties about efficacy and longer-term safety with the Ventura interatrial shunt system (V-Wave, a Johnson & Johnson company) doomed the technology when vetted by a US Food and Drug ...

Transcatheter implants designed to alleviate high left atrial (LA) pressures — which, as a possible way to treat heart failure (HF) once seemed like a long shot — are emerging as new stars of heart ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting improved walking speed, gait, and balance in older adults with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus, the PENS trial showed. At 3 months, gait velocity increased ...

Current. Too little of it, and you can’t get where you’re going, too much and your hardware’s on fire. In many projects, it’s desirable to know just how much current is being drawn, and even more ...

An FDA advisory panel gave a unanimous verdict for an interatrial shunt in heart failure: no way. All 15 members of the Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee on ...