ACC Releases Guidelines to Optimize Treatment of HFrEF
The new ACC guidelines examine 10 pivotal issues in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
Heart Failure
Heart’s Natural Rhythm Replicated with Soft Robotic Sleeve
The device was found to support heart function in a porcine model of acute heart failure.
Avoiding 3 Major Conditions Can Significantly Reduce Risk of Heart Failure
Prevention of obesity, HTN and diabetes could substantially reduce onset of heart failure.
Heart Failure Medication Prices Vary Widely, Study Shows
This study suggests that patients can spend anywhere from $12 to $400 a month to fill their prescriptions.
Rising Hospitalizations for Heart Failure Seen in the United States
However, studies show that the length of stay and mortality are actually decreasing.
Quality Care for Heart Failure Similar in Both Teaching and Non-Teaching Hospitals
GWTG-HF shows similar adherence to performance measures in treating heart failure at teaching and non-teaching hospitals.
New Stent Created With Rutgers Technology in Clinical Trials
A new stent for treating cardiovascular disease that incorporates a polymer invented at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has been implanted in patients for the first time.
Why Do Only Some People With Hereditary Heart Disease Experience Symptoms?
As many as 500,000 people in the US have a heritable and potentially fatal heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The disease can cause irregular heartbeats, heart valve problems, heart failure, and, in rare cases, sudden cardiac death in young people.
Getting to the Heart of the Heart
For years, a multidisciplinary team of Johns Hopkins researchers has tracked an elusive creature, a complex of proteins thought to be at fault in some cases of sudden cardiac death.
World’s Largest Medical Study on the State of Mind and Consciousness at the Time of Death
The results of a 4-year international study of 2060 cardiac arrest cases across 15 hospitals worldwide concluded that there is a unique experience of death for humans that appears far broader than what has been referred to as so-called near-death experiences (NDEs).
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