Why Heart Failure Patients Need to Know About CardioMEMS

You're sitting on the couch with swollen feet. You've been coughing more lately, and you seem more tired this week. Your appointment with your heart failure (HF) specialist is still three weeks away; but something just doesn't feel right. 

You head to the bedroom to lie down and put your head on the pillow, but the pillow isn't just an everyday pillow you get from the store. This pillow came from your cardiologist. You feel grateful that your doctor is looking out for you even while you are at home and he's at the hospital. The last thing you want to do is spend time in the hospital again. 

At Home HF Monitoring

Thanks to advances in heart failure management, your cardiologist can now watch over you even when you’re miles apart, all without you ever leaving your home using the CardioMEMS heart failure monitoring system.

The system offers continuous care. It’s a small, wireless sensor, gently placed in your body by your physician. Each day, simply by lying on your special pillow, important information about your heart and lung blood pressure (pulmonary artery pressure) is sent directly to your care team.  

Why is this so important? Small changes in your pulmonary artery pressure can signal the earliest signs of trouble with your heart failure — even before you notice symptoms. Your doctor can see these changes in real time and make adjustments to your treatment plan or medications before things become serious. CardioMEMS has been proven to reduce hospitalizations, improve quality of life and lower costs associated with HF. 

Knowing that your care team is connected allows you to focus on what matters most — like making it to your grandson’s birthday, enjoying time with family, and finding comfort in your own home. With CardioMEMS, managing heart failure becomes less about fear and more about living life to the fullest, one day at a time.