Tag: Heart Failure
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+
Dapagliflozin Cuts Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Heart Failure, T2D
However, dapagliflozin does not reduce urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio in these patients
Kidney Dysfunction Linked to Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Prevalence of HFpEF significantly higher in those with mild and moderate kidney dysfunction than normal kidney function
Heart Failure Causally Linked to Chronic Kidney Disease
Causal relationship remained robust even after adjusting for the effects of diabetes and hypertension
Low Income Decreases Odds of Cardiologist Involvement in Heart Failure Hospital Care
Hospitalized adults with household income <$35,000 are 11 percent less likely to receive cardiologist care
AHA: Avoidance of Aspirin Noninferior With LVAD in Advanced Heart Failure
Findings seen among patients with advanced heart failure receiving support from a fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device
AHA: Daily Marijuana Use Linked to Incident Heart Failure
And, cannabis use disorder linked to increased odds of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events












