Tag: Heart Failure

Patients receiving mental health treatment less likely to be rehospitalized, have ED visit, die from any cause

Ready-to-eat food environment-associated risk for heart failure stronger for those who are poorly educated, living in urban areas

Fick cardiac output may be underestimated using peripheral oxygen saturation versus arterial oxygen saturation

Findings seen for overall accelerometer-measured physical activity, light or moderate-to-vigorous activity, as well as for steps per day

Increased risks for heart failure seen in association with death of a partner or older child, unnatural death of a relative

STOP-RVF calculator predicts right ventricular failure, with C-statistics of 0.75 and 0.73 in derivation and validation cohorts

Findings can persist with testing up to 90 days after discharge

Both behavioral activation psychotherapy and antidepressant medication management reduce depressive symptoms by about 50 percent

Benefits observed in patients with reduced ejection fraction, widened QRS complex, NYHA class II or III heart failure

38 unique proteins selected for risk score; score demonstrated good calibration independent of ejection fraction