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A combination of a left ventricular assist device and intensive drug therapy may help boost heart function in end-stage heart failure patients

AHA: LVAD Plus Intensive Drug Tx May Aid Heart Failure Patients

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Small study suggests protocol could help avoid need for heart transplantation
Modeling has identified the amount and type of data needed to detect prediagnostic heart failure

Modeling IDs Amount, Type of Data to Predict Heart Failure

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Findings show minimum amount and type of data needed to detect prediagnostic heart failure
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Ambulatory IV Diuretics Cut Costs in Decompensated Heart Failure

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Ambulatory high-dose intravenous diuretic therapy cost saving versus hospitalization for diuretic tx
Adherence to performance measures is similar at teaching hospitals and nonteaching hospitals

Heart Failure Care Up, Regardless of Hospital Teaching Status

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GWTG-HF shows similar adherence to performance measures at teaching, nonteaching hospitals
For patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Angina Pectoris Linked to Worse HRQoL in Heart Failure

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Depressive symptoms, health-related quality of life were worse for patients with angina pectoris
For patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction with an exercise-induced increase in the ratio between early mitral inflow velocity and mitral annular early diastolic velocity

Spironolactone Benefits Exercise Tolerance in HFpEF

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Improvements in exercise capacity, anaerobic threshold, and oxygen uptake efficiency
Caffeine doesn't appear to increase the risk of arrhythmias in patients with heart failure

Arrhythmias Not Induced by Caffeine in Heart Failure Patients

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Stress test didn't show short-term changes after coffee drinking
Use of prescribed nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may be tied to a higher risk of heart failure

Prescribed NSAIDs Tied to Higher Heart Failure Risk

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Study of millions of health records suggests an association
For patients with heart failure

T2DM Predicts Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus predicts mortality, regardless of presence of ischemic heart disease
For patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Sacubitril-Valsartan Reasonably Cost-Effective in Heart Failure

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Cost of $47,053 per quality-adjusted life-year gained in base-case analysis