Heart Failure
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Vegetarianism may protect against heart failure
The closer one gets to eating a vegan diet, the less likely are echocardiographic risk factors for early heart failure.
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Diet, exercise improved peak oxygen intake in obese HFpEF patients
Diet and exercise, either in combination or alone, were found to improve exercise capacity in older patients with clinically stable heart failure...
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The palliative path: Talking with elderly patients facing emergency surgery
An expert panel developed recommendations to improve communication and decision-making with older, seriously ill patients who have surgical...
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Chagas disease: Neither foreign nor untreatable
With better awareness of Chagas as a U.S. disease, and a treatable one, a positive blood result should never be ignored, say specialists.
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Beta-blocker prevents trastuzumab-related LVEF drop
Bisoprolol prevents the trastuzumab-related decline in left ventricular ejection fraction in breast cancer patients.
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FDA cancels REMS for rosiglitazone
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VIDEO: Beta-blocker prevented trastuzumab-related drop in LVEF
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AHA: Should BP targets be higher in asymptomatic aortic stenosis?
Key clinical point: Optimal blood pressures in patients with asymptomatic aortic stenosis appear to be significantly higher than those identified...
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AHA: Three measures risk stratify acute heart failure
Key clinical point: Dichotomous cutoffs for BUN, systolic BP, and serum creatinine together robustly risk stratified patients hospitalized for...
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AHA: Spirometry identifies mortality risk in asymptomatic adults
Key clinical point: Measurement of low FEV1 or low FVC by spirometry identified people at increased mortality risk independent of their cardiac...
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AHA: Empagliflozin for T2D reduces heart failure endpoints
Empagliflozin is the first glucose-lowering medication ever shown to reduce heart failure hospitalizations or cardiovascular death in patients...