News tagged with heart failure patients

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Exercise slows muscle wasting from age and heart failure

Exercise can counteract muscle breakdown, increase strength and reduce inflammation caused by aging and heart failure, according to new research in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal.

Cardiology created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Aspirin and warfarin equally effective for most heart failure patients

Neither aspirin nor warfarin is superior for preventing a combined risk of death, stroke, and cerebral hemorrhage in heart failure patients with normal heart rhythm, according to a landmark clinical trial published in today's ...

Medications created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Everyday fish oil capsule may provide kidney-related benefits

Over the past decade, there has been a steady stream of information promoting the health benefits of fish oil capsules. According to Dr. Louise Moist, a Scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute, fish oil may also improve ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heart infection involving ICD associated with high rate of complications, risk of death

Patients with infective endocarditis involving implanted cardiac devices experience a high rate of complications such as valve infections, heart failure, and persistent bacteremia, and high in-hospital and 1-year mortality ...

Cardiology created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Testosterone supplements may help heart failure patients

Testosterone supplements helped heart failure patients breathe better and exercise more, according to research in Circulation Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal.

Cardiology created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High blood pressure medication use by heart failure patients not linked with increased risk of death

Although observational studies have suggested that losartan, a drug used primarily for the treatment of hypertension, may be associated with an increased risk of death among patients with heart failure compared with other ...

Cardiology created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heart failure patients with diabetes may benefit from higher glucose levels

Lowering glucose levels for people with diabetes is normally critical to improving health outcomes. But for those with heart failure, that might not always be the case, say UCLA researchers.

Cardiology created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Improving exercise performance of heart failure patients

(Medical Xpress) -- A new pilot study led by researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University Pauley Heart Center and the VCU School of Pharmacy shows that targeting and blocking a key molecular player involved with inflammation ...

Cardiology created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

No improvement in patient outcomes seen in hospitals with pay-for-performance programs

Paying hospitals to improve their quality of care, known as pay-for-performance, has gained wide acceptance in the U.S. and Medicare has spent tens of millions of dollars on bonuses and rewards for hospitals to improve. However, ...

Health created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA adds more warnings to antidepressant's label

(HealthDay) -- In a follow-up to a warning that high doses of the popular antidepressant Celexa can cause potentially fatal abnormal heart rhythms, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued new dosing ...

Medications created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pre-PCI bleeding risk score predicts greater risk, higher costs

A pre-procedure bleeding risk score can accurately identify high-risk, high-cost patients and may provide an opportunity to employ bleeding avoidance strategies to improve patient outcomes and reduce total costs related to ...

Cardiology created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Simple heart failure checklist reduces readmission rates, improves care, could save billions

Use of a new, simple and inexpensive checklist appears to drastically lower the likelihood of heart failure patient readmission and improve quality of care when used before patients leave the hospital, according to research ...

Cardiology created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chronic right ventricular pacing works for ICD patients with left ventricular dysfunction

Cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillators (CRT-D) is appropriate for patients who have left ventricular dysfunction and require chronic ventricular pacing, based on the findings of an observational study that ...

Cardiology created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bone marrow stem cells improve heart function, study finds

A research network led by a Mayo Clinic physician found that stem cells derived from heart failure patients' own bone marrow and injected into their hearts improved the function of the left ventricle, the heart's pumping ...

Cardiology created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists link chromosome length to heart disease risk

No one really wants the short end of the stick, in this case the short end of a chromosome. Telomeres, which are DNA-protein complexes at the ends of chromosomes, can be thought of as protein "caps" that protect chromosomes ...

Cardiology created Mar 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast