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Press Releases
November 18, 2009
Journal of Cardiac Failure Published Study Results Validate Low-Intensity Exercise Method of Testing Used With New Shape-HF™ Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing System
Study Results Support Ventilatory Expired Gas Analysis at Low-Intensity Exercise as Valuable Insight to Prognosis and Cardiac Stability in Heart Failure Patients
October 14, 2009
UIC Director of Clinical Electrophysiology Dr. Abraham Kocheril Presented Case Study Using Shape-HF™ Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing System at the Chicago Heart Failure Forum
Case study focused on favorable CRT optimization of cardiomyopathy patient with limited exertion tolerance; new FDA-approved medical device that provides objective cardiopulmonary gas exchange measurements and real-time physiological assessment to enable CRT optimization during low level exercise easily and quickly without undue strain on the patient
September 17, 2009
Dean MacCarter, Ph.D. Addressed Differentiation of Responder vs Non-Responder CRT Status with Low Level Exercise at the Heart Failure Society of America 13th Annual Scientific Meeting
Introduced new objective method for optimizing CRT in heart failure patients during exercise that may significantly impact outcomes for non-responders
September 8, 2009
New Shape-HF™ Cardiopulmonary Testing System to be on Display at the Heart Failure Society of America 13th Annual Scientific Meeting, September 13-16
FDA-approved medical device provides a solution to an unmet clinical need to objectively optimize heart failure therapy
July 23, 2009
New Shape-HF™ Cardiopulmonary Testing System Validated in Mayo Clinic Study
FDA-approved medical device consistently matched the Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Research System in HR, SaO2, VO2, VCO2, Fb, VT, and PetCO2 Measurements
June 10, 2009
New Shape-HF™ Cardiopulmonary Testing System to be on Display at 2009 American Association of Heart Failure Nurses Annual Meeting
FDA-approved medical device provides a solution to an unmet clinical need to objectively optimize heart failure therapy
May 20, 2009
Heart Rhythm Society Introduced to New Method for Optimizing Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy During Exercise
The Shape-HF™ Cardiopulmonary Testing System, a new FDA-approved medical device, "[C]an make a dramatic difference in treating CRT patients." Dr. Abraham Kocheril, Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Electrophysiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago
May 6, 2009
University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago First Hospital to Install Innovative Shape-HF™ Cardiopulmonary Testing System
New FDA-approved medical device "is specifically designed to objectively measure cardiopulmonary gas exchange in heart failure patients. It can make a dramatic difference in treating CRT patients." Dr. Abraham Kocheril, Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Electrophysiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago
April 14, 2009
Florida Cardiologist First in United States to Acquire Innovative Shape-HF™ Cardiopulmonary Testing System
New FDA-Approved Medical Device Objectively Measures Heart/Lung Interaction to Evaluate Patient Functional Capacity, Therapy Response and Risk
News Coverage
February 23, 2010
New Device Measures Patient Physiology to Define Dyspnea
Diagnostic & Invasive Cardiology
February 23, 2010
Apex Heart Care, First Arizona Clinic to Install Shape-HF
Medical Design Online
December 1, 2009
The Shape-HF™ Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing System by Adam Price, MD, and Abraham G. Kocheril, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago
EP Lab Digest , Vol. 9, Issue 12, December 2009
In this article, the authors describe their use of the Shape-HF™ system in patients with cardiovascular disease. They also discuss other applications of the technology, such as in cardiac resynchronization therapy and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
June 24, 2009
Feature: New software optimizes link between CRT pacemaker and exercise
Cardiovascular Business
June 7, 2009
Shape Featured in Dr. Richard L. Reece's Medical Innovation Blog
Posts dated June 1, 2009 and June 7, 2009 discuss the innovative Shape-HF™ device
June 5, 2009
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Profiles Shape Medical System
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June 4, 2009
Shape-HF offers easier testing option for CRT therapy patients
Diagnostics & Imaging Week
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June 2, 2009
Device Tests Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy During Exercise
DOTmed News
June 2, 2009
Shape-HF offers easier testing option for CRT therapy patients
Medical Device Daily
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May 7, 2009
University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago First Hospital to Install Innovative Shape-HF Cardiopulmonary Testing System
Diagnostic & Invasive Cardiology
April 17, 2009
Physician First in U.S. to Acquire Innovative Shape-HF™ Cardiopulmonary Testing System
DOTmed News
