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Ohio State First in Central Ohio to Use Novel Heart Failure Therapy

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milla1cf Mon, 02/26/2024 - 12:40 February 26, 2024 — More than 6 million Americans live with heart failure , and about half have an enlarged left ventricle, which causes stress on the heart and less blood pumped with each heartbeat. Patients may experience trouble breathing and fatigue, and at times require hospitalization.

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AHA 2023 Highlights

Cardiology Update

Chadi Alraies discusses highlights from the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2023, which were held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), on November 11-13, 2023. Learn more about AHA 2023 highlights. The post AHA 2023 Highlights appeared first on Cardiology Update.

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Analysis of INPEFA (Sotagliflozin) Cost-Effectiveness Published in JACC: Heart Failure, the Peer-Reviewed Journal of the American College of Cardiology

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announced that the peer-reviewed Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure has published a research paper concluding that INPEFA (sotagliflozin) is cost-effective for people with diabetes and recent worsening heart failure using commonly accepted willingness-to-pay thresholds. “Our healthcare system.

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Remote patient monitoring in heart failure: A comprehensive meta‐analysis of effective programme components for hospitalization and mortality reduction

European Journal of Heart Failure

Remote patient monitoring in heart failure (HF). Abstract Aims Methods of non-invasive remote patient monitoring (RPM) for heart failure (HF) remain diverse. A random-effects meta-analysis assessed outcomes, and additional analyses identified effective RPM components.

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Machine Learning Informs a New Tool to Guide Treatment for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

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Matthew Segar co-authored a study in JACC Heart Failure led by his research and residency mentor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center's Dr. Ambarish Pandey , that utilized a machine learning-based-approach to identify, understand, and predict diuretic responsiveness in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF).

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2023 in Review: A Look at the Year's Top 10 Topics

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As the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) team welcomes in the New Year, we also have taken a few moments to reflect back on the Top 10 most read content from 2023. Patients Implanted with Innovative FIRE1 Remote Heart Failure Monitoring System in Early Feasibility Study

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Allina Health’s Abbott Northwestern Hospital is First in Minnesota to Implant Barostim Therapy to Improve Symptoms of Heart Failure

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Barostim is the world’s first FDA-approved neuromodulation heart failure device, which works by stimulating baroreceptors — natural sensors located in the wall of the carotid artery, according to CVRx. The therapy is designed to restore balance to the autonomic nervous system and thereby reduce the symptoms of heart failure.