Search results for "Heart failure"
Retail clinics increasingly popular option
This issue covers topics such as retail clinics, management of heart failure, and optimizing human papillomavirus vaccination.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/02/editors.htm
1 Feb 2016
Frail elderly account for majority of potentially preventable Medicare spending
Among the many steps needed to provide high-value care for every high-need, high-cost older adult are a faster shift toward value-based health care; new data collection, analysis, and treatment planning; and new models for payment and patient assignment, an editorial stated.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/17/4.htm
17 Oct 2017
Intensive blood pressure control in older patients associated with decreased cardiovascular events
Intensive blood pressure control led to a decreased rate of major adverse cardiovascular events, including cardiovascular death and heart failure, in older adults with hypertension, the study concluded.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/01/31/1.htm
31 Jan 2017
Early beta-blocker use may reduce 30-day mortality in patients with acute MI
Patients receiving early beta-blockers had a 30-day mortality rate of 2.3%, compared with 8.6% in those who did not, the study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/09/27/4.htm
27 Sep 2016
Closing care gaps in adult congenital heart disease
Many patients who are congenital heart disease survivors face gaps as they transition out of pediatric care, leading to problems that might have been avoided had they received appropriate, continuous care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/03/closing-care-gaps-in-adult-congenital-heart-disease.htm
1 Mar 2020
Prioritize cardiac monitoring for high-risk breast cancer patients, study suggests
Cardiac monitoring should be a priority among trastuzumab-treated high-risk patients, patients with comorbidities, and those treated with anthracyclines.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/07/4.htm
7 Aug 2018
Subclinical eGFR associated with cardiovascular disease in younger patients
A retrospective cohort study in Canada found that the relative risk for major cardiovascular events with or without heart failure increased in adults ages 18 to 39 years with an eGFR below 80 mL/min/1.73 m2.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/09/19/2.htm
19 Sep 2023
FDA approves heart failure drug, looks into antiseptic safety
This update covers a warning that sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors can cause ketoacidosis, and approval of a drug that can reduce hospitalizations from worsening chronic heart failure.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/07/fda.htm
1 Jul 2015
Ischemic heart disease linked to worse prognosis in heart failure patients with type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes was associated with greater risk for all-cause mortality in patients with ischemic and nonischemic heart failure, previous revascularization was associated with better survival, and most patients with type 2 diabetes and nonischemic heart failure had at least 1 treatable comorbid condition associated with heart failure risk.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/09/20/4.htm
20 Sep 2016
Sacubitril-valsartan appears cost-effective in certain heart failure patients
Treatment value was highest in patients with class II heart failure, who also benefited most from treatment in the PARADIGM-HF trial, and improved outcomes with the drug would need to be sustained for at least 36 months to keep the cost per quality-adjusted life-year below a $100,000 threshold.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/30/2.htm
30 Aug 2016