Tag: Heart Failure
Risk for Kidney Complications Increased After Heart Failure Hospitalization
By one year after heart failure hospitalization, 6 percent had progressed to dialysis, 7 percent had been readmitted for AKI
Semaglutide Reduces Need for Diuretics in Heart Failure
Medication also has beneficial effect on change in body weight across diuretic use categories
Male, Female V1421 Carriers Face Similar Risk for Heart Failure Hospitalization
Carriers face similar and substantial risk for heart failure hospitalization, mainly with reduced ejection fraction
Implantable Continuous Flow Device Feasible for Small Children With Severe Systolic Heart Failure
Study involved seven children weighing 8 to 30 kg; all children survived, five to transplant and one to recovery
Early Dapagliflozin Does Not Impact Diuretic Efficiency in Acute Heart Failure
Loop diuretic doses reduced and median 24-hour natriuresis and urine output improved in association with dapagliflozin
Gains in Heart Failure Mortality Have Been Erased
Declines in heart failure mortality rates from 1999 to 2012 reversed from 2012 to 2021
Patient Gets First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Plus Heart Pump
Reports of Injuries, Deaths Prompt FDA to Recall Heart Failure Devices
Hundreds of injuries and 14 deaths have been linked to the devices
ACC: Empagliflozin Does Not Cut Risk for Heart Failure After Acute MI
No reduction in risk for first hospitalization for heart failure or death seen among patients at increased risk for heart failure
ACC: Semaglutide Beneficial in Obesity-Related Heart Failure, Type 2 Diabetes
Larger reductions seen in heart failure-related symptoms and physical limitations for patients with HFpEF, type 2 diabetes
