Heart Failure
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Guidelines issued on radiation-induced heart disease
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Novel drug improved walk distance in pulmonary hypertension patients
Major finding: Riociguat significantly improved 6-minute walk distance by a mean of 39 m in patients with thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension...
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Copeptin helped differential diagnosis of hyponatremia
Major finding: A plasma copeptin level greater than 70 pmol/L in patients presenting with severe hypo-osmolar hyponatremia correlated with a...
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Cardiac rehabilitation benefits elderly heart failure patients
Major finding: Cardiac rehabilitation boosted exercise capacity by an average 16% in elderly patients and an average 19% in younger patients.Data...
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Hospital revenue generated by cardiologists continues to drop
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Shock-Less trial improves physicians' ICD programming
Major Finding: A 27% reduction in shocks from ICDs ensued after physicians received detailed, structured reports on their rates of adherence to...
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Heart failure guidelines: New hope in medical therapy
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Wearable defibrillator vest useful as bridge to ICD
Major finding: During an average of 81 days using the LifeVest wearable automatic defibrillator, patients experienced appropriate device shocks to...
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Biventricular pacing bests conventional tx in BLOCK HF trial
Major finding: Fifty-three percent of patients with atrioventricular block and systolic dysfunction were rated as "improved" after 6 months of...
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Type 2 diabetics often harbor undiagnosed heart failure
Major finding: Undiagnosed heart failure was found in 28% of type 2 diabetes patients aged 60 years and older.Data source: A single-center...
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Single-chamber ICDs better when pacing isn't required
Major finding: Rates of 1-year mortality, rehospitalization, and readmission specifically for heart failure were comparable between patients who...