Gains in Heart Failure Mortality Have Been Erased
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Declines in heart failure-related mortality from 1999 to 2012 were entirely reversed from 2012 to 2021, according to a research letter published online April 24 in JAMA Cardiology.
Ahmed Sayed, M.B.B.S., from Ain Shams... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 26, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Atrial Shunt Echo Results Hint at Why Only Some Respond Atrial Shunt Echo Results Hint at Why Only Some Respond
Echo findings in heart failure patients with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction treated with an atrial shunt shed light on why only certain patients respond to therapy.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Clinical Summary Source Type: news
SGLT-2 Inhibitors for the Management of Heart Failure
Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors have rapidly won a front seat in the management of heart failure for their ability to reduce cardiovascular death and heart failure hospitalizations, including in older adults. But of prime importance for geriatric patients is also the fact that the SGLT-2 inhibitors “work quickly and safely to help patients feel better,” said cardiologist Nicole M. Orr, MD. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - April 26, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Christine Kilgore Source Type: news
AskBio receives FDA Fast Track Designation for AB-1002 investigational gene therapy program in congestive heart failure
Bayer AG and Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio), a gene therapy company wholly owned and independently operated as a subsidiary of Bayer AG, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for the AB-1002 program. AB-1002 is an investigational one-time gene therapy that is administered to the heart with the intention of helping to promote the production of a constitutively active form of protein inhibitor 1 (I-1c) designed to block the action of protein phosphatase 1. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Bayer Business and Industry Source Type: news
Too Ill for Typical Transplants, Woman Gets a Pig Kidney and Heart Pump Instead
(MedPage Today) -- A 54-year-old New Jersey woman has become the first-ever patient to undergo combined mechanical heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant surgery, doctors announced.
The patient, Lisa Pisano, had heart failure and end... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 25, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Does Ejection Fraction Make or Break Afib Ablation in Heart Failure Patients?
(MedPage Today) -- The efficacy of catheter ablation for heart failure (HF) patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) hinged on the phenotype of disease, researchers reported based on a meta-analysis.
Compared with conventional rate or rhythm... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - April 24, 2024 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Patient Gets First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Plus Heart Pump
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 -- New Jersey native Lisa Pisano was staring down the end of her days.The 54-year-old had heart failure and end-stage kidney disease, but several chronic medical conditions excluded her as a candidate for heart and kidney... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 24, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
An urgent call for studies that address the cardiovascular consequences of legalization of marijuana - Rezkalla SH, Kloner RA.
In about a decade, half of the United States has legalized marijuana for recreational use. The drug has been associated with acute myocardial infarction, acute stroke, congestive heart failure, and various cardiac arrythmias. Data have shown that legalizat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Specialist nurses take to the road with heart failure awareness campaign
Specialist nurses are heading on tour to raise awareness of the risks and symptoms of heart failure. Those working at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust will be travelling on a community bus and visiting local areas to talk to the public about heart failure later this month. They are campaigning as part of... Read moreThe post Specialist nurses take to the road with heart failure awareness campaign appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 24, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Madeleine Anderson Tags: Cardiology Clinical Latest news Source Type: news
Telemedicine Boosts GDMT Rates for HFrEF in Navajo Nation Telemedicine Boosts GDMT Rates for HFrEF in Navajo Nation
A telemedicine initiative targeting patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in the Navajo Nation improved rates of guideline-directed therapy by fivefold.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Heart Failure, Not Stroke, Most Common Complication of A-Fib Heart Failure, Not Stroke, Most Common Complication of A-Fib
A new study found the lifetime risks of post-AF stroke, ischemic stroke, and myocardial infarction improved remained high, with virtually no improvement in the lifetime risk for heart failure.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - April 22, 2024 Category: Cardiology Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
AHN Physicians Become First in Western Pennsylvania to Implant Central Sleep Apnea Device
AHN Sleep Medicine Division Partners with Network's Cardiovascular Institute to Introduce Groundbreaking Technology for Heart Failure Patients Diagnosed with CSA PITTSBURGH, April 22, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- "This groundbreaking system has been clinically proven to improve a patient's... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 22, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: TRI Source Type: news
Terrifying new study shows how hip fractures are 'more deadly than cancers' in over 65s
Many deaths are caused by complications triggered by the life-changing injury, such as heart failure or pneumonia, the study claimed. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Spouse ’s stroke could boost partner’s depression risk, study suggests
Those whose spouses had a stroke or heart failure were at higher risk than those whose spouses had a heart attack. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Blakemore Source Type: news
Louis Gossett Jr. Died of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
“An Officer and a Gentleman” star Louis Gossett Jr.’s cause of death was Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), per Friday’s report from the coroner. The report, which was first obtained by TMZ, lists COPD as his main cause of death, with heart failure and atrial fibrillation as…#gentleman #louisgossettjrs #tmz #hollywood #santamonica #gossettjr #fiddler #landmarkminiseries #thewrap #oscar (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
