Tag: Heart Failure
Accelerated Pacing Improves Quality of Life in HFpEF Patients
Improvement seen in health-related quality of life, NT-proBNP levels, activity levels, and device-detected atrial fibrillation
Social Isolation, Loneliness Increase Risk for New Heart Failure
Loneliness still increases risk even if individual is not socially isolated
Rural Residence Tied to Higher Risk for Heart Failure for Women, Black Men
Findings persist after adjusting for cardiovascular risk factors and socioeconomic status
Mortality Similar With Torsemide, Furosemide for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
No significant difference seen in all-cause mortality or all-cause hospitalization over 12 months
Bone Scintigraphy Can Help ID Cardiac Amyloidosis
Mortality, cardiovascular death, heart failure hospitalization were all independently predicted by 99mTc-DPD
Social Frailty Linked to Worse Outcomes for Elderly Heart Failure Patients
Social frailty linked to composite of all-cause death, cardiovascular events among elderly hospitalized heart failure patients
Prevalence of Methamphetamine-Related Heart Failure Increasing
MethHF linked to significant morbidity, including worse heart failure symptoms compared with non-methamphetamine-related heart failure
Flu Shots Cut Some Cardiac Complications in Patients With Heart Failure
Less pneumonia, fewer cardiovascular events, deaths, hospitalizations seen during peak flu season
Benefits of Dapagliflozin in Heart Failure Similar for Men, Women
Primary end point similarly reduced for men and women with dapagliflozin; no differences in secondary outcomes, safety events
VADs, Transplant Used Less in Black Patients With Heart Failure
Less utilization of VAD, transplant seen among Black patients who have heart failure with high-risk features, with no increase in mortality