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Ready-to-Eat Food Environment Linked to Risk for Heart Failure

Ready-to-eat food environment-associated risk for heart failure stronger for those who are poorly educated, living in urban areas

Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measures May Impact Treatment for Black Patients

Fick cardiac output may be underestimated using peripheral oxygen saturation versus arterial oxygen saturation

Physical Activity May Cut Heart Failure Risk in Women

Findings seen for overall accelerometer-measured physical activity, light or moderate-to-vigorous activity, as well as for steps per day

Severe Forms of Maternal Bereavement Linked to Heart Failure in Offspring

Increased risks for heart failure seen in association with death of a partner or older child, unnatural death of a relative

Calculator Can Help Tailor Treatment During, After Heart Pump Placement

STOP-RVF calculator predicts right ventricular failure, with C-statistics of 0.75 and 0.73 in derivation and validation cohorts

Coronary Artery Disease Testing After Initial Heart Failure Hospitalization Aids Outcomes

Findings can persist with testing up to 90 days after discharge

Psychotherapy, Meds Effective to Treat Depression in Patients With Heart Failure

Both behavioral activation psychotherapy and antidepressant medication management reduce depressive symptoms by about 50 percent

Lasting Benefits Seen for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy With Defibrillator

Benefits observed in patients with reduced ejection fraction, widened QRS complex, NYHA class II or III heart failure

Protein Risk Score Can Predict Risk for Mortality in Heart Failure

38 unique proteins selected for risk score; score demonstrated good calibration independent of ejection fraction

Mortality, Morbidity Increased With Heart Failure Hospitalization in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

Risks for mortality, major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events, health resource use increased for ACHDHF+