Heart Failure

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.

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Loss of Smell May Predict Heart Failure Risk

June 14th 2024

Adults aged 70 and older were significantly more likely to develop congestive heart failure if they also experienced olfactory impairment.

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Patients With Diabetes and Heart Failure May Face Worse Outcomes, Increased HFpEF Risk

May 29th 2024

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ViV-TAVR Leads to Fewer Complications, but Increases Later Heart Failure Hospitalizations and Mortality

May 22nd 2024

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Semaglutide Linked to Improved Exercise Capacity, Weight Loss in Patients With HFpEF and Obesity

May 20th 2024

Kathryn Lindley, MD, FACC – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
What Women Should Know About Their Heart Health, According to Dr Kathryn Lindley

May 15th 2024

Continuing Medical Education
June 15th 2024

Advances and Best Practices for Managed Care Pharmacists in the Treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

1.0 Credits / Cardiology
June 15th 2024

Exploring Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloidosis and Its Phenotypes: A Comprehensive Approach to Patient Treatment

1.5 Credits / Cardiology, Neurology, Rare Diseases
June 15th 2024

The Economics of Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloidosis: Balancing Equity and Access in Resource Allocation

1 Credit / Cardiology, Neurology

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Doctor reviewing computerized heart image
April 15th 2021

Biomarkers May Predict Hospitalization Among Persons With Heart Failure, AFib

Maggie L. Shaw
Elevated levels of 2 inflammatory biomarkers may indicate a greater heart failure hospitalization risk for patients who have diagnosed atrial fibrillation.
illustration of anatomical heart
April 9th 2021

Delirium Associated With Decreased Functional Improvement Among Patients With HF

Gianna Melillo
Veterans Affairs data show that among patients with heart failure admitted to skilled nursing facilities, those with delirium exhibited decreased rates of functional recovery.
Mother holding heart over pregnant belly
April 7th 2021

Possible Link Found Between Adult-Onset Heart Failure, Preterm Birth

Maggie L. Shaw
A higher risk of adult-onset heart failure was found in this Swedish study that investigated its association with singleton live births before 37 weeks gestation.
Older Asian couple
April 2nd 2021

Dapagliflozin Benefits Women and Men With Heart Failure

Maggie L. Shaw
A recent subgroup analysis of the DAPA-HF study investigated possible clinical outcome differences between women and men following the addition of dapagliflozin to their treatment regimens.
Modifiable Factors Increase Risk of Young-Onset Heart Failure
March 31st 2021

Modifiable Factors Increase Risk of Young-Onset Heart Failure

Maggie L. Shaw
Morbidity and mortality in individuals younger than 55 years with heart failure may be attenuated by targeting possible age-dependent risk factors
Data on the human heart
March 25th 2021

KCCQ-OS Better Able to Predict Changes in Health Status, Study Says

Maggie L. Shaw
After a 12-month follow-up of patients in the CHAMP-HF registry, Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Overall Summary Score (KCCQ-OS) was shown to be more prognostically accurate compared with New York Heart Association functional class.
Electrocardiogram
March 23rd 2021

Potential Novel Heart Failure Diagnosis Method for Patients With AFib

Maggie L. Shaw
Among patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) in the RATE-AF trial, the index-beat approach produced superior results on a potential diagnosis of heart failure vs consecutive-beat methods.
Heart in weathered hands
March 19th 2021

Heart Failure May Be Predicated by Subtle Impairment, Researchers Say

Maggie L. Shaw
Reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, longitudinal strain, and circumferential strain have possibly been linked to development of heart failure among elderly individuals.
Caregiver and patients holding hands
March 17th 2021

Profound Impact of Heart Failure Seen in Patients, Caregivers Alike

Maggie L. Shaw
Responses from a study of in-person focus groups show that not only do patients report adverse effects on quality of life, physical well-being, and mental health but that their caregivers do as well.
Twisted cigarette
March 13th 2021

Greater Risk of Heart Failure Seen in Individuals With Smoking History

Maggie L. Shaw
In this Mendelian randomization study, higher odds of developing heart failure were seen in regular vs never smokers and in current vs former smokers.
Money
March 10th 2021

An Excess of Heart Failure–Related Deaths Seen in Rural Counties

Maggie L. Shaw
Heart failure has been shown to be a contributing factor in more deaths in rural vs urban counties in which cardiovascular disease was pinpointed as the underlying cause of death.
Neon kidneys
March 4th 2021

Patients With HFpEF Administered Sacubitril/Valsartan Gain Renal Benefits

Maggie L. Shaw
Study results from Taiwan of patients with heart failure and comorbid chronic kidney disease show a drop in the risk of renal function decline among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) administered sacubitril/valsartan.
What We're Reading: Merck to Produce J&J Vaccine; Fauci on Shifting Vaccine Strategies; HVAD Pump Implant Kits Recalled
March 2nd 2021

What We're Reading: Merck to Produce J&J Vaccine; Fauci on Shifting Vaccine Strategies; HVAD Pump Implant Kits Recalled

Matthew Gavidia
Merck and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) partner to produce J&J's COVID-19 vaccine; Anthony Fauci, MD, warns against shifting to a single-dose strategy for approved 2-shot vaccines; Medtronic recalls its HVAD Pump Implant Kits.
Older people exercising
February 27th 2021

Varying Physical Activity for Patients With HFpEF Fails to Increase VO2 Levels

Maggie L. Shaw
A comparison of patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) randomized to 1 of 2 physical activities did not show a significant increase in peak oxygen consumption (VO2) vs guideline-based physical activity.
Heart in hands
February 22nd 2021

Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders Linked to Cardiac Abnormalities

Maggie L. Shaw
Compared with women with normotensive pregnancies, women who develop various hypertensive disorders during pregnancy have a greater risk of cardiac structure abnormalities in the decade after pregnancy.
Entresto Wins First FDA Nod in Hard-to-Treat Type of Heart Failure
February 16th 2021

Entresto Wins First FDA Nod in Hard-to-Treat Type of Heart Failure

Mary Caffrey
Novartis' drug, which combines sacubitril and valsartan, is the first to directly treat patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Enhanced heart graphic
February 15th 2021

Researchers Call for Earlier Monitoring of Cardiac Function Among High-risk Patients

Maggie L. Shaw
An analysis of 30-year data on participants from the Augusta Heart study shows that Black individuals begin to exhibit potential signs of congestive heart failure earlier than their White counterparts.
Hospital room
February 11th 2021

Hospital Admissions for Heart Failure on the Rise

Maggie L. Shaw
A comparison of 2 time periods shows that following an initial decline, hospital admissions for primary management of heart failure rose between 2014 and 2017.
Jaime Murillo, MD
February 9th 2021

Heart Failure Management During COVID-19

The program is closed with a discussion on how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the standard protocol for treating patients with heart failure.
Cup of coffee with scattered beans
February 9th 2021

Drink More Coffee, Possibly Decrease Your Heart Failure Risk, Study Says

Maggie L. Shaw
Machine learning of data from 3 well-known heart studies shows a decline in heart failure risk from drinking at least 1 cup of caffeinated coffee each day.
Risk being erased
February 4th 2021

High-Protein Diet Reduces Cardiometabolic Risk Among Patients With Heart Failure

Maggie L. Shaw
Compared with a standard-protein diet, a high-protein diet reduced several markers of cardiometabolic risk in patients with heart failure and diabetes who were considered overweight or obese.
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February 4th 2021

Implementation of Early Follow-up Care After Heart Failure Hospitalization

Sandesh Dev, MD, MS Janet Fawcett, PhD Shahjehan Ahmad, MD, MPH Wen-Chih Wu, MD, MPH Dawn Schwenke, PhD, MS
An early heart failure follow-up intervention succeeded in increasing referral to and completion of cardiology appointments within 7 days of discharge. The intervention was associated with lower risk of 30-day all-cause emergency department visits, all-cause hospitalizations, or death.
John McMurray, MBChB
February 2nd 2021

How Approved Agents Will Change the Standard of Care

Expert physicians consider how novel agents will affect the treatment paradigm for heart failure.
Money and people are connected
February 2nd 2021

Drop in Cardiovascular-Related Deaths Possibly Linked to Economic Improvement

Maggie L. Shaw
An investigation of economic data from 3123 US counties, from 2007 to 2016, indicates that the cardiovascular mortality drop the authors saw may be a result of improved economic conditions.
Jaime Murillo, MD
February 2nd 2021

Heart Failure Sites of Care

A discussion on the optimal sites of care for patients with heart failure and how differing locations may alter treatment access.
American College of Cardiology
January 28th 2021

Entresto Is Top HFrEF Treatment Recommendation in Updated ACC Guidelines

Maggie L. Shaw
Treatment optimization for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction is the focus of the American College of Cardiology’s 2021 update to its 2017 Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on managing patients with the condition.
Heart of breast cancer ribbons
January 26th 2021

Lower Heart Failure Risk From Statin Use Seen in Women With Breast Cancer

Maggie L. Shaw
Women receiving treatment for early-stage breast cancer may have a lower risk of developing heart failure if their therapy regimens include statins.
Women intensely exercising
January 23rd 2021

Physical Activity Linked to Reduced Risk of Heart Failure

Skylar Jeremias
A meta-analysis found evidence that different kinds of physical activity can help reduce risk of heart failure for the general population.
Elderly man and woman
January 20th 2021

Frailty May Increase Hospital Readmission Risk Among Patients With Heart Failure

Maggie L. Shaw
Both women and men have a greater chance of 90-day hospital readmission when they are considered to be in frail condition from heart failure.
John McMurray, MBChB
January 19th 2021

When to Add an SGLT2 Inhibitor to Treatment Regimen

A key opinion leader considers the optimal timing of adding an SGLT2 inhibitor to the treatment for patients with heart failure.
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