Tag: Heart Failure
ER Risk Score Predicts 30-Day Mortality in Acute Heart Failure
Risk score based on 13 independent risk factors has excellent discrimination and calibration
Infusion of Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Safe, Effective in HFrEF
Improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction, NYHA function class, QOL with UC-MSC infusion
Postmarketing Adverse Events Low for CardioMEMS HF System
Of the 5,500 implants during the first three years after FDA approval, 155 reports described 177 events
Distal Bicep Tendon Rip Tied to Transthyretin Amyloidosis
Findings in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
NT-ProBNP-Guided Treatment No Benefit in High-Risk HFrEF
No improvement in clinical outcomes versus usual care in heart failure and reduced ejection fraction
Risk Assessment Differs for Doctors, Heart Failure Patients
Doctors consider most patients with advanced heart failure to be at high risk for transplant, LVAD, death
New Research Supports Safety of Aspirin in Heart Failure
Large trial comparing it to warfarin finds aspirin not tied to more hospitalizations or deaths
Heart Failure Risk Rises As Weight Increases
But losing some weight might help decrease the damage
NT-proBNP Improves Heart Failure Prediction in T2DM
Meaningful improvement in five-year risk-predictive performance with addition of NT-proBNP
Risk of Sudden Death Declining in Heart Failure Patients
Researchers attribute decline to better meds, as patients live longer and better
