St. Jude Medical Release: Data Shows The CardioMEMS HF System Significantly Reduced 30-Day Hospital Readmission Rates

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced a retrospective data analysis from the CHAMPION clinical trial showing significant a reduction in 30-day hospital readmission rates for patients age 65 and older. The CHAMPION trial looked at the safety and effectiveness of the CardioMEMS™ HF System for patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III heart failure (HF) who had been hospitalized for HF in the previous 12 months. The analysis — Impact of Wireless Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring on Heart Failure Hospitalization and All-Cause 30-Day Readmissions in Medicare-Eligible patients with NYHA Class III Heart Failure — was presented during the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

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