Heart Failure
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HFSA: Emphasizing "acute" in acute decompensated heart failure
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TCT: FORMA system tested in severe tricuspid regurgitation
The investigational FORMA system seems safe and may be effective in patients with NYHA Class III/IV heart failure and severe tricuspid valve...
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TCT: SAPIEN XT TAVR system gains valve-in-valve indication
Key clinical point:The SAPIEN XT balloon-expandable system for transcatheter aortic valve replacement received FDA approval for valve-in-valve use...
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Depression, hypertension combo compounds cardiovascular risk
Key clinical point: Better monitoring and management of both hypertension and depression could help reduce further cardiovascular morbidity and...
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VIDEO: Ultrafiltration’s role for acute heart failure remains uncertain
Key clinical point: Early halt to the AVOID-HF trial prevented the study from definitively comparing ultrafiltration with intravenous diuretic...
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TCT: CTO treatment after MI doesn’t benefit LV function
Recanalization of a chronic total occlusion in a noninfarct-related artery within a week after primary percutaneous coronary intervention was safe...
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ESC: What’s the hottest recent advance in cardiology? And the winner is …
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ESC: Cancer itself may cause cardiotoxicity
Markers of impaired cardiovascular function are present in cancer patients even before they undergo cardiotoxic chemotherapy, suggesting the...
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FDA approves combo therapy for pulmonary hypertension
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Heart failure risk reduced with higher levels of physical activity
Heart failure risk and physical activity have an inverse, dose-response relationship, according to a meta-analysis.