Tag: Heart Failure
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
Number of Hospitalizations for Heart Failure Declining
But blacks still face far greater odds than whites, researchers find
Early Loop Diuretic Tx Tied to Lower Mortality in Heart Failure
Early-treatment group had significantly lower in-hospital mortality even after adjustment
Risk Factors Explain Most Heart Failure Risk in Incident A-Fib
Four modifiable factors account for most of the population attributable risk of heart failure in women
Beta-Blockers Cut Mortality for Patients in Sinus Rhythm
Drop in mortality for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction regardless of heart rate
Cessation of Meth Abuse Linked to Reversal of Heart Damage
Only those who stop using the drug can reap cardiac benefits, researchers say
