Epidemiology of heart failure

A Groenewegen, FH Rutten, A Mosterd… - European journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The heart failure syndrome has first been described as an emerging epidemic about 25
years ago. Today, because of a growing and ageing population, the total number of heart …

[HTML][HTML] Blood-pressure targets in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest

J Kjaergaard, JE Møller, H Schmidt… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Evidence to support the choice of blood-pressure targets for the treatment of
comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who are receiving intensive care is …

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a review

MM Redfield, BA Borlaug - Jama, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), defined as HF with an EF
of 50% or higher at diagnosis, affects approximately 3 million people in the US and up to 32 …

Combining loop with thiazide diuretics for decompensated heart failure: the CLOROTIC trial

JC Trullàs, JL Morales-Rull, J Casado… - European heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims To evaluate whether the addition of hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) to intravenous
furosemide is a safe and effective strategy for improving diuretic response in acute heart …

Multimodality imaging in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction: an expert consensus document of the European Association of Cardiovascular …

OA Smiseth, DA Morris, N Cardim… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Nearly half of all patients with heart failure (HF) have a normal left ventricular (LV) ejection
fraction (EF) and the condition is termed heart failure with preserved ejection fraction …

Empagliflozin in acute myocardial infarction: the EMMY trial

D von Lewinski, E Kolesnik, NJ Tripolt… - European heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims Sodium–glucose co-transporter 2 inhibition reduces the risk of hospitalization for heart
failure and for death in patients with symptomatic heart failure. However, trials investigating …

Finerenone reduces risk of incident heart failure in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes: analyses from the FIGARO-DKD trial

G Filippatos, SD Anker, R Agarwal, LM Ruilope… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes are independently associated with
heart failure (HF), a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. In the FIDELIO-DKD …

An overview of the cardiorenal protective mechanisms of SGLT2 inhibitors

T Salvatore, R Galiero, A Caturano, L Rinaldi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors block glucose reabsorption in the renal
proximal tubule, an insulin-independent mechanism that plays a critical role in glycemic …

Prospective evaluation of smartwatch-enabled detection of left ventricular dysfunction

ZI Attia, DM Harmon, J Dugan, L Manka… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Although artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms have been shown to be capable of identifying
cardiac dysfunction, defined as ejection fraction (EF)≤ 40%, from 12-lead …

Iron deficiency and cardiovascular disease

G Savarese, S von Haehling, J Butler… - European heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Iron deficiency (ID) is common in patients with cardiovascular disease. Up to 60% of patients
with coronary artery disease, and an even higher proportion of those with heart failure (HF) …