Tag: Heart Failure

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

Risks for mortality, major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events, health resource use increased for ACHDHF+

However, dapagliflozin does not reduce urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio in these patients

Prevalence of HFpEF significantly higher in those with mild and moderate kidney dysfunction than normal kidney function

Causal relationship remained robust even after adjusting for the effects of diabetes and hypertension

Hospitalized adults with household income <$35,000 are 11 percent less likely to receive cardiologist care