ACUTE HEART FAILURE
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Unmet clinical needs
Unmet clinical needs
Heart failure (HF) is the most critical and costly public health crisis — the leading cause of death and the largest healthcare costs in the US and EU.
Pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) are inserted into a heart to measure continuous hemodynamic data to assess heart function — PACs are the standard of care for patients with acute HF (ADHF).
Today’s legacy PA catheters
Today’s legacy PA catheters
Today’s legacy PACs involve serious risks, are complex and data is often misinterpreted — resulting in suboptimal HF care management and costly hospital readmissions.
High risks & discomfort for patients
2-3% serious complications
Complex to use for clinicians
Unreliable data
Data interpretation errors
Wrong treatment decisions
Monitoring devices and methods
Monitoring devices and methods
Permanent electronic cardiac implants carry risks, long-term complications and high costs
Today’s legacy PACs are high risks, complex to use, unreliable data, interpretation errors, discomfort
Indirect methods (e.g. lab tests, imaging) provide delayed data with limited accuracy
Non-invasive devices (wearables) have no place in the management of acute heart failure
Conclusion
Conclusion
A safer, more reliable AI-guided PAC would lead to better acute HF care management.
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