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Tenax Therapeutics Announces New U.S. Patent Covering the Use of Levosimendan in Pulmonary Hypertension with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (PH-HFpEF)

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Patients who transitioned to the oral daily formulation after a lengthy treatment with the weekly IV formulation improved further in this assessment of exercise tolerance, which is the primary endpoint of the ongoing Phase 3 LEVEL study. Getty Images milla1cf Mon, 05/06/2024 - 10:48 May 6, 2024 — Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. ,

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Evidence-Based Application of Natriuretic Peptides in the Evaluation of Chronic Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction in the Ambulatory Outpatient Setting

Circulation

Use of separate rule-in and rule-out diagnostic thresholds stratified by BMI reduces miscategorization and can guide more appropriate use of exercise testing for possible HFpEF. In our study, NT-proBNP provided little value in those with AF and dyspnea because the presence of AF is by itself a robust biomarker of HFpEF.

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The Politics of HFpEF—What’s Good for the Left Is Good for the Right

JAMA Cardiology

Among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is strongly associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality.

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Biatrial Myopathy in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

European Journal of Heart Failure

ABSTRACT Background Left atrial (LA) myopathy is increasingly recognized as an important phenotypic trait in heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Individuals with biatrial myopathy had an 84% higher risk of HF hospitalization or death as compared to those with isolated LA myopathy (HR 1.84; 95% CI, 1.16–2.92,

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Beta‐blocker use and outcomes in patients with heart failure and mildly reduced and preserved ejection fraction

European Journal of Heart Failure

Beta-blockers are commonly used in patients with heart failure and mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction (HFmrEF/HFpEF). However, there is recent concern that this type of medication may be harmful in patients with HFmrEF/HFpEF, causing exercise intolerance possibly due to exacerbation of chronotrophic incompetence.

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Impact of Clinical Phenogroup Diversity and Multiplicity: Impact on Mechanisms of Exercise Intolerance in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

European Journal of Heart Failure

Abstract Aims We aim to clarify the extent to which cardiac and peripheral impairments to oxygen delivery and utilization contribute to exercise intolerance and risk for adverse events, and how this relates to diversity and multiplicity in pathophysiological traits. Hemodynamics and oxygen transport responses were compared. L/min versus 2.8

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Semaglutide Leads to Greater Weight Loss in Women than Men with HF, Improves HF Symptoms in Both Sexes

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Michael’s Hospital , University of Toronto) at the American Diabetes Association’s 2024 Scientific Sessions and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology ( JACC ). Women experienced greater weight loss and the same symptom benefits compared with men, according to research presented today by Dr. Subodh Verma ( St.