Heart Failure
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Digoxin and heart failure mortality: The Swedes weigh in
WASHINGTON – Increased mortality was seen in patients without atrial fibrillation.
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What drives readmissions within 90 days after MI hospitalization
WASHINGTON – Cardiologists and hospitals gear up for switch to Medicare bundled payments for acute MI.
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CRT-D beneficial in mild HF with ejection fraction above 30%
WASHINGTON – Risk of death was cut in half in new MADIT-CRT long-term substudy.
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It’s been a good year for heart failure research ... mostly
WASHINGTON – The highs ... and the lows.
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PAP sensor may cut real-world heart failure hospitalization
Implanting a pulmonary artery pressure sensor to guide care in chronic heart failure was linked with significant reductions in hospitalizations...
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Decision tool helps patients compare SAVR, TAVR
WASHINGTON – How can a new tool help physicians and patients make more informed decisions when treating severe aortic stenosis?
From the Journals
Cell sheet transplantation improves ischemic cardiomyopathy at 1 year
Affixing a sheet of autologous stem cells directly onto the left ventricle led to improvements in ICM out to 1 year.
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Uptake of new heart failure drugs slow despite guidelines
Ivabradine and sacubitril/valsartan reduce mortality and hospitalizations.
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Alpha-blockers deemed safe in heart failure
WASHINGTON – Plus a bonus: Improved heart failure outcomes
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New-onset AF boosts bad HFrEF outcomes
WASHINGTON – Monitor patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction for atrial fibrillation.
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Gliflozins’ heart failure protection in type 2 diabetes confirmed
WASHINGTON – Cardioprotection appears to be a class effect of SGLT-2 inhibitors.