http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Serelaxin may be more effective for relieving dyspnea in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) than reduced (HFrEF) during the first 24 hours, according to results from RELAX-AHF presented in today's late breaking trial session1 at the Heart Failure Congress 2013. Results were also presented from VIVIDD, the first trial of the anti-diabetes drug vildagliptin in patients with heart failure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-relax-ahf-positive-hfpef-patients.html Cardiology Sun, 26 May 2013 10:56:22 EST news288784564 People hospitalized for acute heart failure are likely to survive longer compared to the prior decade, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association and presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-heart-failure-patients-longer-long-term.html Cardiology Thu, 16 May 2013 06:50:25 EST news287905521 Despite high hopes that a blood pressure-lowering medication called aliskiren would help people following hospitalization for heart failure, no beneficial effects were found, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-benefit-bp-drug-treatment-hospitalized.html Cardiology Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:22:38 EST news282306149 Acute kidney injury (AKI), an abrupt or rapid decline in kidney function, is a serious and increasingly prevalent condition that can occur after major infections, major surgery, or exposure to certain medications. The incidence rates of the most serious form of AKI—which requires dialysis—increased rapidly in all patient subgroups in the past decade in the United States, and the number of deaths associated with the condition more than doubled, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-acute-kidney-injury-common.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:40:01 EST news274031960 Severe acute kidney injuries are becoming more common in the United States, rising 10 percent per year and doubling over the last decade, according to a retrospective study at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-severe-acute-kidney-injuries-rapidly.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:10:08 EST news274026159 Hospitalized heart failure patients given an investigational drug had improved symptoms and other clinical benefits including fewer deaths, than those given standard of care plus a placebo, according to late-breaking clinical trial research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-drug-hospitalized-heart-failure-patients.html Cardiology Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:01:29 EST news271501261 A Murdoch University international collaborative project has found a potential cure for the deadly Chagas disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-potential-chagas-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:10:01 EST news270378014 Young people especially who suffer acute heart failure can be saved with the prompt use of a heart-lung machine. And the number of patients that can be saved could be even higher, according to a current study by the University Department of Emergency Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-emergency-medicine-heart-lung-machine-clinically.html Other Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:12:27 EST news266141502 Women with acute heart failure have similar in-hospital mortality to men but are less treated in the real world, according to results from the global ALARM-HF registry presented today at the ESC Congress 2012. The findings were presented by Dr John T. Parissis from Greece. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-women-acute-heart-failure-similar.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:10:02 EST news265283692 A condition that temporarily causes heart failure in people who experience severe stress might actually protect the heart from very high levels of adrenaline, according to a new study published in the journal Circulation. The research provides the first physiological explanation for Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also called "broken heart syndrome" because it affects people who suffer severe emotional stress after bereavement, and suggests guidance for treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-broken-heart-syndrome-adrenaline-overload.html Cardiology Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:44:11 EST news260009033 Treatment with the calcium-sensitizing drug levosimendan may be effective in improving muscle function in patients with respiratory muscle weakness, which often accompanies chronic diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure, according to researchers in the Netherlands, who studied the effects of the drug on healthy volunteers. The drug, which is normally prescribed in patients with acute heart failure,increases the sensitivity of muscle tissue to calcium, improving the muscle'sability to contract. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-heart-drug-treatment-patients-respiratory.html Medications Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:14:24 EST news235970044 Stress cardiomyopathy (a transient form of acute heart failure triggered by stressful events) appears to have clinical characteristics that are broader than reported previously, including younger patients, men, and patients without an identifiable stressful trigger, according to a study in the July 20 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-cardiac-disorder-affect-broader-range.html Cardiology Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:49:59 EST news230312987