EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY Sophia Antipolis – 19 June 2020: Voice analysis by a smartphone app identifies lung congestion in heart failure patients, allowing early intervention before their condition deteriorates. The small study is presented today on HFA Discoveries, a scientific platform of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1 “Speech is personal and as such,...
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Indicators of cancer may also be markers of heart failure
by Wiley Heart failure and cancer are conditions with a number of shared characteristics. A new study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine found that in patients with heart failure, several known tumor markers can also be indicators of heart failure severity and progression. In the study, researchers measured six markers that are indicators...
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FDA approves Farxiga for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for Farxiga (dapagliflozin) oral tablets to treat adults with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, the agency announced Tuesday. Farxiga is the first approved sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor to treat adults with New York Heart Association functional class II to IV heart failure with reduced ejection...
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MRI scans unnecessary to diagnose heart failure, new study suggests
A new study from the University of Alberta cardiac researchers casts doubt on the standard practice of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to help diagnose the causes of heart failure not related to a heart attack. In a study published in the journal Circulation, 500 patients with heart failure from Canada and Finland were randomly...
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Wearable sensor powered by AI predicts worsening heart failure before hospitalization
by University of Utah Health Sciences A new wearable sensor that works in conjunction with artificial intelligence technology could help doctors remotely detect critical changes in heart failure patients days before a health crisis occurs and could prevent hospitalization, according to a study led by University of Utah Health and VA Salt Lake City Health...
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Racial disparities in heart failure explained
by UT Southwestern Medical Center Researchers at UT Southwestern have uncovered evidence that the higher prevalence of “malignant” enlargement of the heart among blacks contributes to the higher incidence of heart failure in this population. The new study is published online in the journal Circulation. Left ventricular hypertrophy or LVH is the enlargement and thickening...
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Half of women with heart failure get the wrong treatment
by Kim E. Andreassen, University of Bergen More women than men die of heart failure. The reason is that only 50 percent of the heart failure cases among women are caused by having a heart attack, which can be treated with modern methods. For the other half of women experiencing heartfailure, the cause is generally related...
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Biomarker predicts which patients with heart failure have a higher risk of dying
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES HEALTH SCIENCES A UCLA-led study revealed a new way to predict which patients with “stable” heart failure — those who have heart injury but do not require hospitalization — have a higher risk of dying within one to three years. Although people with stable heart failure have similar characteristics,...
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Diabetes can independently lead to heart failure, population study shows
MAYO CLINIC Rochester, Minn. — Heart problems are a common development for people with diabetes. In fact, about 33% of people in the U.S. admitted to the hospital for heart failure also have diabetes. Heart failure may be the result of a co-condition, such as hypertension or coronary heart disease, but not always. A study...
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Diabetes can independently lead to heart failure, population study shows
MAYO CLINIC Rochester, Minn. — Heart problems are a common development for people with diabetes. In fact, about 33% of people in the U.S. admitted to the hospital for heart failure also have diabetes. Heart failure may be the result of a co-condition, such as hypertension or coronary heart disease, but not always. A study...