In The News

These stories recount the experiences of patients who are receiving HeartNet® therapy for moderate heart failure. As you read these stories and view these videos, reported by outside news sources, please bear in mind that these experiences are specific to these particular patients. Results vary; not every response is the same. The HeartNet therapy is investigational and its safety and effectiveness have not been established.

Wayne State University and Oakwood partner in new device to combat congestive heart failure
(April 9, 2008)

As heard on News/Talk 760 WJR, Detroit and the "Champions of Care Show" sponsored by Oakwood Medical Center

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A Net Around the Heart (April 8, 2008)

Local surgeons have implanted a new device in a Hamtramck man to help his heart work more efficiently.

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Calgary Surgeons Perform Historic Heart Procedure
(January 19, 2008)

Doctors in Calgary have implanted a sheath around a woman's heart in an attempt to stop it from dangerously enlarging, the first such experimental operation performed in Canada.

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