Advances in management of heart failure

P Heidenreich, A Sandhu - bmj, 2024 - bmj.com
Heart failure is increasing in prevalence in many countries with aging populations.
Fortunately, remarkable scientific advances have been made in the past few years that have …

Health status after transcatheter tricuspid-valve repair in patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation

SV Arnold, S Goates, P Sorajja, DH Adams… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - jacc.org
Abstract Background In the TRILUMINATE Pivotal (Trial to Evaluate Cardiovascular
Outcomes in Patients Treated with the Tricuspid Valve Repair System Pivotal), tricuspid …

Effect of mavacamten in women compared with men with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: insights from EXPLORER-HCM

S Cresci, RG Bach, S Saberi, AT Owens, JA Spertus… - Circulation, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: Compared with men, women with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
have a higher incidence of heart failure and worse outcomes. We investigated baseline …

Safety and efficacy of metabolic modulation with ninerafaxstat in patients with nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

MS Maron, M Mahmod, AH Abd Samat… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - jacc.org
Background In nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (nHCM), there are no approved
medical therapies. Impaired myocardial energetics is a potential cause of symptoms and …

Predictive value of quality of life as measured by KCCQ in heart failure patients: A meta‐analysis

G Kao, G Xu, Y Zhang, C Li… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Studies on the predictive ability of disease‐specific health quality of life (QoL) in
patients with heart failure (HF) have produced conflicting results. To address these gaps in …

Remote heart failure symptoms assessment after myocardial infarction identifies patients at risk for death

P Wohlfahrt, D Jenča, V Melenovský… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Heart failure is a common complication after myocardial infarction (MI) and is
associated with increased mortality. Whether remote heart failure symptoms assessment …

Clinical Impact of Routine Assessment of Patient-Reported Health Status in Heart Failure Clinic: The PRO-HF Trial

AT Sandhu, J Calma, M Skye, N Kalwani, J Zheng… - Circulation, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: The impact of routine clinic use of patient-reported outcome (PRO)
measures on clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF) has not been well …

Rationale and protocol of the LAQUA-HF trial: a factorial randomised controlled trial evaluating the effects of neurohormonal and diuretic agents on health-status …

Y Shiraishi, N Ikemura, M Urashima, T Kohno… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction The current guidelines strongly recommend early initiation of multiple classes of
cardioprotective drugs for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction to improve …

Office-versus home-based evaluation of quality of life in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A randomized study

I de Almeida Pinho, MJ Pimentel, C Oliveira… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Heart failure (HF) patients often experience poor health-related quality-of-life
(HR-QoL). The Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) is frequently used for …

Fatigue its Related Factors and Quality of Life among Patients with Heart Failure in Tertiary Care Hospital Kochi.

S Akhil C, J Kanmani… - … Journal of Nursing …, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
Background: Heart failure (HF) is a common disease caused by inability of the heart to pump
for supporting the circulation and the functional abnormalities of the heart. The present study …