Search results for "Heart failure"
Heart failure
While increasing heart failure treatment intensity reduced risk of death and rehospitalization among hospitalized patients, the use of guideline-recommended dual and triple therapies was low, a study found. ... Almost half (46%) of patients who received
August 2020
Heart failure gets a new drug
How does that cohort generalize to the millions of elderly, female, and nonwhite [heart failure] patients with comorbid diseases?” Dr. ... In April, the FDA approved another novel drug, ivabradine (Corlanor), to reduce hospitalizations from worsening
September 2015
Guideline updated to include new drugs for stage C heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
therapy to reduce morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic symptomatic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. ... Head-to-head comparisons of an ARB versus ARNI for heart failure do not exist.
May 2016
Heart failure: The importance of precision
Systolic heart failure is characterized by:. dilated, weak heart and/or thin ventricular wall,. ... Diastolic heart failure is characterized by:. thickened myocardium/hypertrophic ventricle,. low-capacity ventricular chamber,.
August 2010
Tool helps estimate heart failure patients' risk for low quality of life
Researchers analyzed data from 1,458 heart failure patients in the Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in Heart Failure Outcome Study with Tolvaptan (EVEREST) trial. ... The results should help physicians adhere to clinical practice guidelines that
June 2011
MKSAP quiz on heart failure
A 57-year-old woman is evaluated in the hospital for chronic systolic heart failure. ... The routine treatment of patients with heart failure with warfarin is not indicated.
February 2016
Sacubitril-valsartan reduced NT-proBNP more than enalapril in acute heart failure
The industry-funded trial found similar rates of renal failure, hyperkalemia, symptomatic hypotension, and angioedema whether patients started sacubitril-valsartan or enalapril during their heart failure hospitalization. ... lower rate of readmission for
November 2018
Understanding heart failure in African Americans
Some differences in heart failure may be due to plausible biological and genetic differences,” summarized Dr. ... Yancy said. This could significantly change thinking about heart failure in African Americans, he explained.
November 2019
Hospitals' heart failure mortality rates associated with patients' long-term outcomes
Thirty-day mortality rates may be an effective measure of hospitals' quality of care for heart failure (HF) patients, according to a new study.
March 2018
More severe heart failure patients have higher VTE risk
The patients had New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV heart failure. ... The association between VTE risk and heart failure severity was seen in the overall group and the enoxaparin subgroup but not the rivaroxaban subgroup.
July 2014