The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that around 5.7 million people
have heart failure in the United States, where the condition contributed to 1 in 9 deaths in 2009.
Recalled 'weight history' can predict heart failure risk
One hundred and three (65%) patients had heart failure while 56 (35%) patients didn't
have heart failure. More over in our study 124 (78%) patients had Intraventricular dyssynchrony while 35(22%) patients didn't have Intraventricular dyssynchrony.
Intraventricular Dyssynchrony among patients with left bundle branch block
In the United States, approximately 5 million people
have heart failure and each year 550,000 are newly diagnosed with this condition1.
COMPARING CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOME OF PATIENTS OF ACUTE HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION TO THOSE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION
"If I think the patient may
have heart failure, I'll also order a BNP or NT-proBNP test.
Primary care plays crucial role in heart failure management
"If I think the patient may
have heart failure I'll also order a BNP or NT-proBNP test.
Primary care endures in heart failure
"A lot of patients who
have heart failure and anemia do worse than those who just
have heart failure,"
Understand the heart risks associated with anemia: anemia often co-exists with heart failure, and the search continues for a safe and effective treatment for the hemoglobin disorder
"You can
have heart failure and not know you've got it," she says.
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"There are lots of people walking around with this variant who don't
have heart failure," Dorn said.
Kidney gene linked to increased heart failure risk
More than five million Americans
have heart failure, a condition that accounts for more than one million hospitalizations annually, according to the American Heart Association (AHA).
You can help protect yourself against heart failure
"The hardest part is telling someone they
have heart failure, because they cannot recover.
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For example, participants taking chlorthalidone were 38 percent less likely to
have heart failure compared with those taking amlodipine.
Cheap hypertension drug works best. (Biomedicine)
Despite the diagnosis in the discharge summary; three patients were judged not to
have heart failure based on consultant comments in the case notes.
Use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in elderly patients with heart failure
Between 2 to 3 million Americans
have heart failure, and 400,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.
Heart failure
In contrast to these new findings regarding HCT and risk of new-onset heart failure, numerous studies have shown that in patients who already
have heart failure, a low HCT is associated with an increased risk of heart failure hospitalization as well as all-cause mortality.
High-normal HCT, new heart failure linked
"Sometimes patients don't even know they
have heart failure," Dr.
Living with a failing heart: learning that you have heart failure can be frightening, but early treatment can help slow this condition