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Heart failure in low-income and middle-income countries

Heart BMJ

Heart failure (HF) is a complex syndrome which leads to significant morbidity and mortality, poor quality of life and extremely high costs to healthcare systems worldwide. In this review, we aim to comprehensively describe the burden of HF from an LMIC perspective, based on the more recent available data.

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Enthusiasm Dries Up for Fluid Restriction in Heart Failure

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- For people with heart failure (HF), the long-presumed benefits of fluid restriction did not pan out in the FRESH-UP randomized trial. Patients showed similar changes in their Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire.

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Cardiovascular outcomes in long COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Care for survivors after an acute attack of COVID-19 should include paying close attention to cardiovascular health and disease.Systematic Review RegistrationPROSPERO [CRD42022353965].

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Clinical characteristics and mortality risk factors in pediatric hypertrophic, restrictive, and rapidly progressive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a retrospective cohort study with follow-up

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundPediatric cardiomyopathies are rare but life-threatening conditions with high mortality. Infection (75.47%, 160/212) and heart failure (51.42%, 109/212) were common comorbidities. Demographic, clinical, and diagnostic data, as well as follow-up outcomes, were reviewed.

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Digital Consults to Enhance Heart Failure Treatment: The ADMINISTER Trial

Cardiology Update

Despite proven benefits in reducing morbidity and mortality, many heart failure (HF) patients do not receive optimal guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT). ESC Heart Failure 2024; 11 : 560–569. The post Digital Consults to Enhance Heart Failure Treatment: The ADMINISTER Trial appeared first on Cardiology Update.

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Severe reversible cardiomyopathy associated with adrenal crisis caused by isolated adrenocorticotropin deficiency: a case report

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Reversible cardiomyopathy with severe heart failure is a rare complication of adrenal crisis. The patient has not shown any signs of heart failure during follow up for more than half a year. Isolated adrenocorticotropin deficiency (IAD) is a rare condition of pituitary adrenal insufficiency.

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New Treatment in Pipeline for Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

DAIC

Getty Images milla1cf Tue, 05/14/2024 - 13:00 May 14, 2024 — One of the most common genetic heart diseases worldwide, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) causes the walls of the left ventricle to become thick and stiff. The late breaking research was presented by principal investigator Martin S. Cytokinetics Inc.