Heart Failure

 
Daily Dose: Primary Care Follow-Up and 30-Day Readmission After Emergency Surgery
October 09, 2023

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Primary Care Follow-Up After Emergency Surgery May Help Prevent Readmissions, Improve Patient Outcomes
September 29, 2023

Results from a new study of Medicare beneficiaries admitted for an emergency general surgery show the odds of 30-day readmission was 67% lower for those with follow-up visit.

GLP-1 Mimetics, SGLT-2 Inhibitors Understudied in Black Populations in Pivotal Trials, Benefits Questioned
September 26, 2023

Pivotal cardiovascular outcome trials that evaluated cardiorenal benefits of the newer classes were not designed to consider racial/ethnic variations, researchers state.

Daily Dose: More Steps a Day Linked to Better Health for Patients with Heart Failure
September 14, 2023

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Increased Step Count Tied to Better Health for Patients with Heart Failure
September 06, 2023

New research shows that patients with heart failure who had more steps per day and increasing steps per day experienced better health status over 12 weeks.

Daily Dose: Semaglutide 2.4 mg Benefits Patients with Heart Failure and Obesity
September 01, 2023

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Biden Administration Announces First 10 Prescription Drugs Slated for Price Negotiations
August 29, 2023

The first 10 drugs identified for negotiations under the Inflation Reduction Act include several well advertised agents indicated to treat diabetes, heart failure, and other chronic diseases.

Dapagliflozin Did Not Meet Primary Endpoint in DICTATE-AHF Trial of Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
August 28, 2023

ESC 2023: Early initiation of dapagliflozin did not result in a statistically significant improvement in diuretic efficiency relative to structured usual care in patients hospitalized with ADHF.

Semaglutide 2.4 mg Significantly Reduces HF Symptom Burden, Body Weight in Adults with HFpEF and Obesity
August 25, 2023

ESC Congress 2023. The results of STEP-HFpEF could "change the nature of the conversation about the role of obesity in HFpEF," said PI Mikhail Kosiborod, MD.

Daily Dose: Effect of Sotagliflozin on Heart Failure-Related Events
August 24, 2023

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