Continuous Monitoring of Pulmonary Artery Pressure Via an Implanted Leadless and Battery Less Pressure Sensor for the Management of Patients with Moderate to Severe Heart Failure (New York Heart Association Class III) [Internet].

Background In Norway the prevalence of chronic heart failure has been estimated to be 2 percent, meaning 80,000-100,000 people. Around 75 percent of heart failure patients are older than 75 years old. Furthermore, patients diagnosed with heart failure account for approximately 5 percent of all hospital admissions in Norway, and at any one time about 20 percent of patients on a medicine department consist of heart failure patients.

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