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Physical Activity May Cut Heart Failure Risk in Women
FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2024 – Higher levels of physical activity (PA) are associated with a lower risk for heart failure in older women, according to a study published online Feb. 21 in JAMA Cardiology. ...
Severe Forms of Maternal Bereavement Linked to Heart Failure in Offspring
THURSDAY, Feb. 22, 2024 – Prenatal exposure to severe stress, defined as the most severe forms of maternal bereavement, is associated with an increased risk for heart failure in offspring, according...
Calculator Can Help Tailor Treatment During, After Heart Pump Placement
MONDAY, Feb. 5, 2024 – The right ventricular failure (RVF) risk score, STOP-RVF calculator, can predict RVF after durable left ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement, according to a study...
Depression Can Strike Patients With Heart Failure, But Two Therapies Help
MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 – Depression affects half of the 6 million Americans who struggle with debilitating heart failure. Now, research shows that two leading modes of treatment – antidepressants ...
Psychotherapy, Meds Effective to Treat Depression in Patients With Heart Failure
FRIDAY, Jan. 19, 2024 – For individuals with heart failure and depression, behavioral activation psychotherapy (BA) and antidepressant medication management (MEDS) reduce depressive symptoms,...
Carvedilol May Help Childhood Cancer Survivors Avoid Later Heart Failure
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 – Childhood cancer survivors are at increased risk of developing heart failure later in life, due to the chemotherapy that was used to save their lives. But an already approved...
Carvedilol May Help Childhood Cancer Survivors Avoid Later Heart Failure
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 – Childhood cancer survivors are at increased risk of developing heart failure later in life, due to the chemotherapy that was used to save their lives. But an already approved...
Protein Risk Score Can Predict Risk for Mortality in Heart Failure
TUESDAY, Jan. 2, 2024 – A protein risk score can predict mortality for patients with heart failure, according to a study published online Jan. 2 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Kayode O. Kuku,...
Mortality, Morbidity Increased With Heart Failure Hospitalization in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
THURSDAY, Dec. 28, 2023 – For adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD), those with heart failure (HF) hospitalizations have an increased risk for mortality and morbidity, according to a study...
Dapagliflozin Cuts Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Heart Failure, T2D
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 – For patients with heart failure and type 2 diabetes (T2D), dapagliflozin does not reduce urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) but does reduce some cardiovascular...
Heart Failure Causally Linked to Chronic Kidney Disease
TUESDAY, Dec. 19, 2023 – Heart failure is causally associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online Dec. 11 in PLOS ONE. Junyu Zhang, from Hunan University of...
AHA: Avoidance of Aspirin Noninferior With LVAD in Advanced Heart Failure
THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 – Avoidance of aspirin as part of an antithrombotic regimen that includes a vitamin K agonist (VKA) is noninferior to an aspirin-containing regimen for patients with advanced...
AHA: PREVENT Risk Calculator Estimates Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
MONDAY, Nov. 13, 2023 – The Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Events (PREVENT) risk calculator estimates the risk for CVD, including heart failure, according to a methods paper and...
AHA: Daily Marijuana Use Linked to Incident Heart Failure
MONDAY, Nov. 13, 2023 – Daily marijuana use is associated with incident heart failure, and cannabis use disorder (CUD) is associated with increased odds of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular...
CPAP Helps Cut Heart Risks — But You Have to Actually Use It
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2023 – For sufferers of sleep apnea, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines may guard against having a second heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular crisis, but...
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