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ESC heart failure guideline to integrate bounty of new meds
July 29, 2021
It has a simple answer to a seemingly complex issue: how to merge the newly approved with mainstay drug therapies. And it conditionally okays meds in a group long without guideline-directed options.
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Rising meth-related heart failure admissions a ‘crisis,’ costly for society
July 23, 2021
‘They’re not going to die from it overnight, but it will damage the heart slowly,’ a researcher said. Meth-related HF admissions exploded in the western United States over a recent decade.
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Medication in heart failure: Pro tips on therapy with the ‘four pillars of survival’
June 4, 2021
Consider multiple factors when titrating various medications.
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Nutritional support may be lifesaving in heart failure
May 6, 2021
Patients with high-risk chronic heart failure given individualized nutritional support in-hospital had lower mortality following discharge, a new analysis shows.
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Torsemide vs. furosemide in heart failure patients
May 3, 2021
Does the use of torsemide improve clinical outcomes when compared with furosemide?
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Pneumonia risk soars in heart failure patients, especially HFpEF
April 19, 2021
An analysis of two large trials found that patients with heart failure have an elevated risk of pneumonia and related adverse cardiovascular events.
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Heart failure redefined with new classifications, staging
March 8, 2021
Heart failure terminology gets a landmark reno, with a new universal definition, revised stages of development and progression, and updated LVEF classifications.
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More from DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin quickly reduces heart failure events
February 22, 2021
Secondary analysis of DAPA-HF showed dapagliflozin significantly cut CV deaths or worsening heart failure within 28 days on treatment.
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More Americans hospitalized, readmitted for heart failure
February 16, 2021
“We should be emphasizing the things we know work to reduce heart failure hospitalization, which is, number one, prevention.”
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Neprilysin, corin singled out for potential to guide heart failure therapy
January 28, 2021
Circulating neprilysin and corin concentrations, which correlate with outcomes, could possibly be assessed to guide heart failure therapy.