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Health Spotlight: AccuCinch designed to heal hearts

Health Spotlight: AccuCinch designed to heal hearts

(WISH) — Heart failure is the leading cause of death in the United States.

Treating it costs more than $30 billion a year. Typical treatments include medications and surgery, and, for the very worst cases, heart transplants.

If medication is not helping someone who is not quite ready for a transplant, there’s new hope. It’s a “relatively short” procedure called AccuCinch that could help.

News 8’s Brittany Noble has more in Monday’s Health Spotlight.

This story was created from a script aired on WISH-TV. Health Spotlight is presented by Community Health Network.