Tag: Heart Failure
Diabetes Tied to Worse Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients
However, long-term prognosis has improved in heart failure patients regardless of diabetes status
Moderate Alcohol Consumption Tied to Lower Heart Failure Risk
But no link between alcohol intake, onset of atrial fibrillation over median of eight years' follow-up
Risk Conferred by T2D Modified by HbA1c in Heart Failure
Stratification of T2D by HbA1c shows U-shaped associations for first hospitalization and mortality
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
