Heart Failure

Sarcopenic obesity is a condition in which obesity is accompanied by loss of muscle mass and function; the condition is common among older adults with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

The novel patient-centered performance metric was associated with readmission and mortality outcomes, as well as reclassification of hospital performance, compared with a CMS 30-day metric.

Study results demonstrate the multimillion-dollar savings achieved among patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) following treatment initiation with sacubitril and valsartan.

Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is when the heart’s left ventricle can only pump out 40% or less of the blood it contains, resulting in less oxygen-rich blood being disseminated to the body than it actually needs.

A recent review in Current Diabetes Reports delves into the utility of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors for patients with heart failure currently on other medications.

Patients with heart failure should be classified as high risk in light of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; they are thought to be more susceptible to the virus.

Patients with chronic heart failure and comorbid mental/behavioral disorders or diabetes had worse quality of life (QOL), according to a recent literature review.

At the 1-year mark, following their first myocardial infarction (MI, or heart attack), heart failure hospitalizations and all-cause mortality were higher among patients who also had cardiogenic shock vs those who did not.

Patients hospitalized for acute heart failure during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had more advanced disease and were more symptomatic, according to study results out of Australia.

The results of a recent study out of South Korea show that diet management education appeared more important to health care providers than it did their patients, while both expressed the significance of medication knowledge.

Patients testing positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019, are presenting more often with signs of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

Over 12.5 years of follow-up, close to 10% of participants developed incident heart failure in a recent study that investigated possible differentiation of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and biomarkers based on sex.

Increasing their numbers could help to improve both trial enrollment diversity and improve patient outcomes, according to research published in Circulation: Heart Failure.

Differences in heart failure mortality over the previous 2 decades can partially be explained by social determinants of health prevalent in the patients’ counties.

Widely accepted guidelines that patients with cardiac diseases still get at least 150 minutes of exercise each week may need to adjust their accelerometer data for patients with heart failure.

Reports of Medicare Advantage (MA) patients receiving higher-quality care for their cardiovascular disease prompted this comparison study of patients with heart failure enrolled in Medicare fee-for-service plans (FFS) and MA plans.

Recent results show a consistent overall prevalence of ambulatory heart failure, but that Blacks still have a greater prevalence of the condition.

Data presented during the European Society for Cardiology 2020 Congress were a follow-up to the presentation of VERTIS CV at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions in June.

In research presented at the European Society of Cardiology 2020 Congress, vaccines for influenza and pneumonia showed effectiveness at reducing death from heart failure.

Evidence shows a possible connection between chronic exposure to traffic noise and atherosclerosis progression, but not major cardiovascular events such as acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure, until now.

Results from a recent study examining thirst among patients with heart failure show that most had fluid retention and close to half were frequently thirsty, which is considered troublesome in these patients.

Although the effects of stress and anger on ischemic heart disease and arrhythmia are well known, they are less established in heart failure, particularly those with reduced ejection fraction.

There was an almost 99% increase in the 1-year survival rate among candidates on the United Network for Organ Sharing waitlist for a heart transplant between 1987-1990 and 2011-2017.

To reduce poor outcomes from heart failure care disparities, Danish researchers probed the link between individual socioeconomic factors and care quality for patients with reduced ejection fraction.

Being male and Black, having comorbidities, and admission to a nonteaching hospital were linked to greater chances of subsequent readmission for heart failure in a recent Journal of Clinical Hypertension study.