Tag: Heart Failure
Prognosis Worse With Overstrict Salt Restriction in HFpEF Patients
Association more predominant among those aged 70 years or younger and of non-White race
Postop A-Fib May Raise Risk for Heart Failure Hospitalization
Increased risk seen among adults without history of heart failure undergoing cardiac, noncardiac surgeries
Bereavement Tied to Higher Risk for Death Among Heart Failure Patients
Findings seen regardless of cause of family member's death and peaked in the first week after death
Uncontrolled Diabetes Tied to Heart Failure Progression
Patients with preclinical heart failure and uncontrolled diabetes have increased risk for progression of heart failure
Continued CPAP Use Cuts Risk for Death
Termination of CPAP therapy tied to higher first-year all-cause death and heart failure
COVID-19 Vaccines Cut Mortality With Heart Failure
Those who are partially vaccinated and unvaccinated face same increased risk, while boosted and fully vaccinated adults fare best
Dapagliflozin Beneficial for Heart Failure, Regardless of Frailty
Risk reduced for worsening heart failure or cardiovascular death, regardless of frailty index class
History of Female Infertility Tied to Risk for Heart Failure
Infertility associated with increased risk for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, but not heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
SGLT2 Inhibitors Reduce Heart Failure Hospitalization
But no indication of protection against all-cause death, kidney disease progression, or kidney failure; increased risk of genital infection
Recommendations Updated for Management of Heart Failure
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors recommended for HF with reduced, mildly reduced ejection fraction
