Aquapheresis in the News
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Baptist Medical Center in Jackson Mississippi Article
Baptist Cardiovascular Services, a division
of Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., is proud to announce
the addition of Aquapheresis Therapy using the Aquadex FlexFlow
to its latest advancement in the treatment of patients with fluid
overload – helping patients and clinicians breathe easier.
“With the implementation of this
new treatment protocol, we are able to reduce the time it takes
to treat heart failure patients,” said Cardiologist
James Warnock, MD with Jackson Heart Clinic, P.A. "The
faster we’re able to get the patients breathing easier,
the better their outcomes and the more quickly they get home to
their families."
Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick
MD Newspaper
Article
"Billions of dollars a year are spent
treating these patients often with multiple hospital visits. Aquapheresis
therapy cuts down on those visits", said Dr. William
Haynos.
"Nurses love the new procedure",
said Ronna Dixon, a registered nurse and the Intensive Care
Unit manager at FMH. "Patients we used to know the first
names of we see much less often," she said. "We're excited
to see the patients go home. We see how much it changes their
lives."
Duke University's Heart Center in Durham
North CarolinaAnnual
Report 2009
“Duke’s Heart Failure program
offers patients access to state-of-the-art therapies and technologies
such as the Aquadex FlexFlow ultrafiltration system for management
of cardiorenal syndrome.”
"Duke's Heart Failure program is
the top program in the U.S. based on volume, funding, and publications"
St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson Mississippi
Mississippi
Hospitals Magazine
"We can improve our patients' symptoms
more rapidly and reliably, as well as decrease their length of
stay by up to five days," said Dr. Malcolm Taylor of
the Jackson Cardiology Associates.
"The addition of this therapy keeps
St. Dominic's at the forefront of innovative treatment options."
Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne Indiana
Journal
Gazette News
Today, however, things look considerably better
for Darlene Robinson. She owes the change to a procedure she underwent
called Aquapheresis. The procedure uses the Aquadex FlexFlow,
a machine that removes excess salt and water.
"The hospital readmission rate is
substantially lower than for those who continue with traditional
diuretic treatment," said Dr. Mark A. Jones, Lutheran
Hospital’s medical director of heart transplant, ventricular
assist devices, congestive heart failure and cardiac rehab.
Mercy Heart Center in Mason City Iowa  KIMT
News
“This new therapy option has been
very helpful in treating patients with refractory heart failure,”
said Sam Congello, D.O., cardiologist with Mercy Heart Center.
“It has given a treatment option to those patients who previously
had little or no treatment option.”
“Aquapheresis has proven benefits
to patients by increased quality of life as well as shorter length
of stay in the hospital and reductions in rehospitalization,”
said Kari Swisher, A.R.N.P. with Mercy Heart Center.
Mercy Heart Hospital in Des Moines Iowa newsletter,
brochure,
patient
info brochure, pocket
guide
“Aquapheresis is new a technology
applied to the very old problem of chronic fluid overload,"
said Dr. William Wickemeyer, cardiologist with the Iowa Heart
Center and co-medical director of Heart Failure Services.
"We now have a new clinical tool
that allows us to rapidly and safely remove large amounts of salt
and water from an overloaded patient, while avoiding the potential
adverse effects of high-dose diuretic therapy.”
Story and Video about BryanLGH Heart InstituteKOLN/KGIN
News
Now, thanks to Aquapheresis,
he can again do what he loves to do. "As far as
getting up and going, I do whatever I want. Be it drive a tractor,
or drive up town with the pick-up. It just makes a difference,"
-- Richard Stehlik, heart patient.
Interviews at Methodist Hospital in Omaha
Video interviews with a patient, a physician,
and nurses help to explain heart failure and its treatment, including
the use of Aquapheresis.
HemoTherapy Center in Las Vegas newspaper
article
“There are 1 million hospital admissions
per year in connection with heart failure, and the number is expected
to double in the next 20 years," said HemoTherapeutics
Inc. President Hal Lieberman. "Medicare is straining
under the current load. Many patients are admitted over and over,
given medications that have lost effectiveness. Aquapheresis offers
a way around all that.”
St. John's Hospital in St. Louis
 Dr.
Kichura Radio Interview, newsletter,
press
release
“We’re excited to be able
to offer this alternative to our patients,” said Sheila
Julien, St. John’s Mercy executive director of nursing for
cardiovascular services. “The fluid retention can slow
healing so Aquapheresis will help improve patient care, comfort
and outcomes.”
News Story about Northwestern Medical Center
"After transplant, diuretics weren't
getting the fluid off quickly enough so we started Aquapheresis..."
-- Dr. William Cotts, cardiologist.
News Story about Good Samaritan Medical Center
"Patients with heart failure experience
fatique, shortness of breath, and fluid build-up... If you can
remove that, they can live a more healthy and productive lifestyle"
-- Matt Goldstein, Director of the Good Health Center.
News Story about Hennepin County Medical Center
""We have traditionally treated
this problem with diuretics. Unfortunately, patients can become
resistant to them, diuretics themselves can cause electrolyte
problems, and different people react differently to them. We've
done it this way for 50 years and I think we have adjusted our
expectations to their limitations."
-- Dr. Brad Bart, cardiologist.
News Story about Florida Hospital
"This technique is
going to prove to be a major advancement... there is no doubt
that this will become the standard of care for patients."
-- Dr. Pradip Jamnadas, interventional cardiologist.
Moses H. Cone Heart & Vascular Center newsletter
“IV diuretics revs
up the neurohormones that damage the cardiovascular system...
with ultrafiltration, we can get more fluid off and keep it off
longer without activating the neurohormonal system" -- Dr.
Dan Bensimhon, co-director, heart failure clinic.
Saint Thomas Health Services press
release, newspaper,
newsletter
“With the implementation
of Aquapheresis, we are able to reduce the time it takes to treat
heart failure patients,” said Dr. Beth Davidson, PhD,
nurse practitioner with Saint Thomas Heart. “The faster
we’re able to get the patients breathing easier, the better
their outcomes, as well as a reduction in their length of stay.”
Ochsner Medical Center newsletter,
Discovery
& Breakthroughs Story
"It makes an incredible
amount of difference for a number of reasons... it's safe, it's
very effective, it's predictable, and the amount of fluid that
you remove... you can remove it very controllably." -- Yvens
Laborde, M.D., an internal medicine specialist at Ochsner Medical
Center in New Orleans
Concord
Hospital Newsletter
“This important breakthrough in the
treatment of fluid overload puts Concord Hospital at the forefront
of innovative treatment options for this widespread disease and
will allow us to improve symptoms more rapidly and reliably. One
of our goals is to reduce readmissions to the Hospital”
-- Dr. Kenneth Deloge, a board-certified cardiologist with Cardiac
Associates of NH.
Daily
Gazette Story about Albany Medical Center
“We think it’s important for hospitals
to have this alternative. Aquapheresis will change the way
our patients live” -- Dr.
Edward Philbin, medical director of the Heart Failure Program
at Albany Medical Center.
Christ
Hospital Medical Center featured in the Cincinnati Magazine
The CHF unit at The Christ Hospital offers
the only ultrafiltration (UF) program in Cincinnati for patients
with advanced CHF. UF enables removal of excess fluid in CHF patients
using a portable device attached through a peripheral intravenous
catheter. This program has been recognized nationally
Christiana
Care Heart & Vascular Center Newsletter
“Aquapheresis has been shown to reduce
the likelihood of readmissions within the first 30 days, a time
where roughly one-third of heart failure patients could be expected
to return to the hospital” -- Dr.
Mitchell T. Saltzberg, medical director of the Heart Failure Program
at Christiana Care.
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