The AJMC® Heart Failure compendium is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights for the chronic condition in which the heart doesn't pump enough blood due to damaged heart muscle.
May 15th 2024
Kathryn Lindley, MD, FACC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, shares what women can do to prioritize their heart health during National Women's Health Week and every week.
ICU Admission for Patients With COPD May Not Improve Outcomes
March 4th 2017Except in cases of critical illness, the intensive care unit may not be the best place for patients experiencing a flare-up of heart failure or their chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or even having a heart attack.
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Hospitals With High ICU Use Have Worse Outcomes for Heart Patients
August 13th 2016Patients who suffer heart attacks or flare-ups of congestive heart failure can fare worse in hospitals that are more likely to send them to the intensive care unit (ICU), according to a study published in CHEST.
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Sitagliptin Does Not Increase Heart Failure Risk for Patients With T2D
June 5th 2016A secondary analysis of data from the TECOS trial of sitagliptin finds that the drug does not affect the risk for heart failure hospitalization or related adverse clinical outcomes in people with type 2 diabetes
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New Study Can Prevent Heart Damage in Patients Cured of Cancer
May 12th 2016Cancer patients who receive a particular type of chemotherapy, called doxorubicin, run a risk of sustaining severe, lasting heart damage. But until now, there was no way of knowing who would experience this serious side effect.
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Diabetes Drug to Be Tested in Heart Failure
April 24th 2016A diabetes drug may have benefits for people with chronic heart failure. Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company have announced plans to investigate the use of the diabetes medicine Jardiance for heart failure with 2 outcome trials.
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Few Americans Follow All 4 Elements of a Heart-Healthy Lifestyle
April 23rd 2016Fewer than 3% of Americans are active enough, eat a healthy diet, are nonsmokers, and have a healthy weight and percentage of body fat-the 4 important elements of a heart-healthy lifestyle that are promoted by the American Heart Association.
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