Tag: Heart Failure
Hearing Loss Common Among Heart Failure Patients
But HF isn't independently tied to hearing loss after demographic, clinical characteristics accounted for
Biomarkers Help Identify CHF Patients Needing Med Titration
Using biomarkers to titrate CHF meds may better improve mortality vs. generic titration of all patients
Wearable Patch Can Assess Heart Failure States
Technology, with machine learning algorithms, analyzes cardiac response to submaximal exercise
Silent Myocardial Infarction Linked to Heart Failure Risk
Silent and clinically manifested MI both correlated with future risk of heart failure in adjusted models
Guidelines Developed for Optimizing Treatment of HFrEF
Consensus statement addresses 10 pivotal issues in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
Abdominal Obesity Linked to All-Cause Mortality in HFpEF
Increased risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, non-cardiovascular mortality in patients with HFpEF
Higher β-Blocker Dose Linked to Lower Mortality Risk
Effect is larger in chronic heart failure patients with diabetes than CHF patients without diabetes
AHA: Program Cuts Heart Failure Readmits But May Up Mortality
Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program tied to drop in heart failure readmissions at 30 days, 1 year
AHA: Drinking Coffee May Cut Risk of Heart Failure, Stroke
Each additional cup consumed per week tied to a decrease in risk compared with no coffee intake
Diabetes Tied to Worse Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients
However, long-term prognosis has improved in heart failure patients regardless of diabetes status
