Heart Failure
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Subclinical heart dysfunction, fatty liver linked
Patients from the CARDIA study who were determined to have NAFLD (10% of 2,713: 271) were found to have significant myocardial dysfunction and...
Conference Coverage
ESC: Novel apnea treatment not helpful, possibly harmful in heart failure
Key clinical point: Adaptive servo-ventilation is not beneficial and may even be harmful for central sleep apnea accompanying heart failure. Major...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Newer type 2 diabetes drugs pose no significant heart failure risk
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Heart failure readmission-reducing device debuts slowly
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Hospitalized heart failure patients susceptible to C. difficile
News
ESC: Cyclosporine intervention failed to benefit STEMI patients
Key clinical point: Cyclosporine administration prior to PCI did not benefit STEMI patients. Major finding: There were no significant differences...
News
First-line ambrisentan plus tadalafil halved PAH events
Key clinical point: First-line combination therapy with ambrisentan plus tadalafil cut the rate of clinical events in pulmonary arterial...
Commentary
ICDs in the elderly
Although elderly postinfarction patients with decreased ejection fraction can experience improved survival with ICDs, such therapy needs to be...
News
U-shaped link between physical activity and heart failure
Key clinical point: A study has found a U-shaped association between total physical activity and heart failure risk in men. Major finding: Men who...
News
High troponin T level doubles CVD risk
Key clinical point: Troponin T levels of 14 ng/L or higher double the risk of CVD events and death in patients with stable ischemic heart disease...