{"id":2801,"date":"2021-12-08T20:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusfoundation.org\/?post_type=sw_disease_condition&#038;p=2801"},"modified":"2025-04-10T12:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:02:10","slug":"congestive-heart-failure","status":"publish","type":"sw_disease_condition","link":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/diseases-and-conditions\/congestive-heart-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Congestive Heart Failure\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-focused-ultrasound-therapy\">Focused Ultrasound Therapy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound is a noninvasive, therapeutic technology with the potential to improve the quality of life and decrease the cost of care for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasound energy precisely and accurately on targets deep in the body without damaging surrounding normal tissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How it Works<\/strong><br>Focused ultrasound produces precise thermal ablation of the infarcted region to shrink the size of the infarcted region. The goal is to achieve the right amount of tissue reduction to offset the post-myocardial tissue expansion that is typically seen. A recent publication showed a decrease in tissue strain in the affected region. Additional research will likely be needed prior to clinical trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advantages<\/strong><br>The primary options for treatment of CHF include medication but may also include invasive surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For certain patients, focused ultrasound could provide a noninvasive alternative to surgery with less risk of complications \u2013 such as surgical wound healing or infection \u2013 at a lower cost. Focused ultrasound can also reach the desired target without damaging surrounding tissue, and it can be repeated, if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clinical-trials\">Clinical Trials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the present time, there are no clinical trials recruiting patients for focused ultrasound CHF treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation updates these pages regularly, but with the increasing number of clinical trials, we want to be sure that our audience has the latest information available. Therefore, we also added the website search information for the above trials. If you click <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/search?cond=Congestive%20Heart%20Failure&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, it will take you to the latest information available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-regulatory-approval-and-reimbursement\">Regulatory Approval and Reimbursement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound treatment for CHF is not yet approved by regulatory bodies or covered by medical insurance companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notable-papers\">Notable Papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zhong S, Cai Q, Zhong L, Wang Y, Liang F, Deng Z, Li S, Zha D, Qiu W, Wu J. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36444908\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ameliorates Ischemic Heart Failure Related to the Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway<\/a>. <\/strong>J Ultrasound Med. 2023 Feb;42(2):463-475. doi: 10.1002\/jum.16140. Epub 2022 Nov 29. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choi YA, Jung JY, Park JW, Lee MS, Kim TK, Lee SGW, Lee YH, Kim KH. <strong><a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35870373\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Association between focused cardiac ultrasound and time to furosemide administration in acute heart failure<\/a>.<\/strong> Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Jul 16;59:156-161. doi: 10.1016\/j.ajem.2022.07.020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chou YY, Ward JL, Barron LZ, Murphy SD, Tropf MA, Lisciandro GR, Yuan L, Mochel JP, DeFrancesco TC.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34048483\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Focused ultrasound of the caudal vena cava in dogs with cavitary effusions or congestive heart failure: A prospective, observational study<\/strong><\/a>. PLoS One. 2021 May 28;16(5):e0252544. doi: 10.1371\/journal.pone.0252544. eCollection 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaudhury A, Wanek A, Ponnalagu D, Singh H, Kohut A.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33605104\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Use of Speckle Tracking Echocardiography to Detect Induced Regional Strain Changes in the Murine Myocardium by Acoustic Radiation Force<\/strong><\/a>. J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Feb 10. doi: 10.4250\/jcvi.2020.0148.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=(%22focused+ultrasound%22+OR+HIFU)+and+%22heart+failure%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> for additional references from PubMed.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":2,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"sw_disease_condition_cat":[5],"sw_disease_condition_stage":[14],"class_list":["post-2801","sw_disease_condition","type-sw_disease_condition","status-publish","hentry","sw_disease_condition_cat-cardiovascular"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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