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Ep 197 Acute Heart Failure Risk Stratification and Disposition

ECG Cases

We over-admit low risk acute heart failure patients and under-admit high risk heart failure patients. The post Ep 197 Acute Heart Failure Risk Stratification and Disposition appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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20 hospitals with highest, lowest heart failure death rates

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

have the lowest death rate for heart failure patients in the country, according to CMS data. Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital and VA Boston Healthcare System-Jamaica Plain (Mass.)

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Connections between obesity and heart failure

Science Daily - Heart Disease

A new small study has revealed the impact of obesity on muscle structure in patients having a form of heart failure called heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

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Researchers discover new target for treating heart failure: Protein kinase N

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

As society ages, the number of patients with heart failure is rapidly increasing. Excessive growth of fibrotic tissue in the heart, known as fibrosis, is associated with the progression of heart failure.

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Global epidemiology of heart failure

Nature Reviews - Cardiology

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01046-6 In this Review, Khan and colleagues explore the evolving global epidemiology of heart failure (HF), focusing on changes in incidence and prevalence across the spectrum of left ventricular ejection fraction.

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Study identifies 18 proteins linked to heart failure, frailty

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

An analysis of blood samples from thousands of study participants, led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, revealed 18 proteins associated with both heart failure and frailty, conditions that commonly develop in late life.

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Digital Consults to Enhance Heart Failure Treatment: The ADMINISTER Trial

Cardiology Update

Despite proven benefits in reducing morbidity and mortality, many heart failure (HF) patients do not receive optimal guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT). ESC Heart Failure 2024; 11 : 560–569. The post Digital Consults to Enhance Heart Failure Treatment: The ADMINISTER Trial appeared first on Cardiology Update.