Heart Failure, Hospital and Public Health

Advance in the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure Identified

DAIC

APRIL 30, 2024

Getty Images milla1cf Tue, 04/30/2024 - 12:56 April 30, 2024 — A multicenter study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center ( VUMC ) and Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy in Nashville has identified a potential new treatment for acute heart failure , a leading cause of hospitalization and death.

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

DAIC

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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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Research Study on Novel Rehab Program for Heart Failure Patients, Led by Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Expands to Advocate Health Site in Chicago

DAIC

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Photo courtesy of Wake Forest University School of Medicine milla1cf Thu, 02/22/2024 - 13:51 February 22, 2024 — Wake Forest University School of Medicine , the academic core of Advocate Health , is expanding another research study to Advocate Christ Medical Center , in Oak Lawn, Illinois, just outside Chicago.

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Heart Failure Research Preserved Ejection Fraction Hospital

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Multiprofessional heart failure self-development framework

Open Heart

JANUARY 19, 2024

Objective Heart failure remains a key public health priority across the globe. The median age of people with heart failure admitted to hospital in the UK is 81 years old. Previous published competency frameworks in heart failure have focused on the value of doctors, nurses and pharmacists.

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Heart Failure Public Health Nursing Document

Use of sacubitril/valsartan early after CABG

Open Heart

JANUARY 18, 2024

Background Heart failure (HF) remains a major public health problem with a high mortality and morbidity worldwide. The NT-proBNP concentration reduced significantly with the early in-hospital initiation. However, CABG may be associated with substantial risk in HF subjects.

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Quality of Life Public Health Heart Failure

Social Vulnerability and Long‐Term Cardiovascular Outcomes After COVID‐19 Hospitalization: An Analysis of the American Heart Association COVID‐19 Registry Linked With Medicare Claims Data

Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 21, 2025

BackgroundPatients hospitalized with COVID19 from socioeconomically vulnerable communities are at risk for inhospital cardiovascular events. ConclusionsAmong survivors of COVID19 hospitalization, patientlevel social vulnerability was associated with cardiovascular events, explained by increased comorbidities.

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Almost Half of US Counties Have No Cardiologists Despite Higher Prevalence of CV Risk Factors, Mortality

DAIC

JULY 9, 2024

“While cardiologists are not the only determinants of cardiovascular outcomes, the lack of access to cardiologists in areas with greater prevalence of heart disease and mortality is incredibly concerning,” said Haider J. The ACC aims to achieve a culture of equitable cardiovascular care and heart health for all.

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HighLife Receives IDE Approval to Initiate US Pivotal Clinical Study for treatment of Mitral Regurgitation

DAIC

JUNE 3, 2024

This patient population lacks approved therapeutic options, leading to a poor prognosis with many recurrent hospitalizations and reduced life expectancy. About Mitral Regurgitation Mitral Regurgitation is a growing public health concern, affecting over 2% of the total population2. Javits Convention Center, North.

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Wildfire Air Pollution and Rates of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Northern California in 2018

Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

MethodsThe study included adult (18 years) members of Kaiser Permanente Northern California, an integrated health care system. Outcomes included CVD events (hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or stroke, and CVD death) and death from any cause. microns in diameter; PM2.5)

Myocardial Infarction

Myocardial Infarction Public Health Heart Failure Cardiovascular Disease

Multimorbidity of cardiovascular disease subtypes in a prospective cohort of 1.2 million UK women

Open Heart

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Methods UK women aged 50–64 years were followed up using hospital admissions and mortality records for an average of 19 years. Around half of all women with CVM had a diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease (n=102 536) or atrial fibrillation (n=96 022), almost a third had heart failure (n=72 186) and a fifth had stroke (n=40 442).

Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular Disease Atrial Fibrillation Public Health Heart Disease

COVID-19 myocarditis illusions

Dr. Anish Koka

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

There were, unhappily, lots of severely ill patients with lungs that were whited out who quickly developed multi-organ dysfunction while hospitalized. But too often, a diagnosis of myocarditis is attached to severely ill patients who have evidence of myocardial injury as a result of the severe illness that brought them to the hospital.

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Myocarditis update from Sweden

Dr. Anish Koka

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The COVID19/vaccine myocarditis debate continues in large part because our public health institutions are grossly mischaracterizing the risks and benefits of vaccines to young people. Predicted our kids would die. Instead, we have had zero pediatric deaths from Omicron.

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COVID-19 Public Health Pediatrics Chest Pain

Paper Calls for Patient-first Regulation of AI in Healthcare

DAIC

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

head of the Division of Infectious Disease and Global Public Health at UC San Diego School of Medicine , co-director of the university’s Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute , and study senior author. “AI who is a research affiliate at the Qualcomm Institute, UC San Diego School of Medicine student, and study coauthor.

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Research Outcomes Public Health Heart Failure

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Advance in the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure Identified

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

Research Study on Novel Rehab Program for Heart Failure Patients, Led by Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Expands to Advocate Health Site in Chicago

Webinars

Multiprofessional heart failure self-development framework

Use of sacubitril/valsartan early after CABG

Social Vulnerability and Long‐Term Cardiovascular Outcomes After COVID‐19 Hospitalization: An Analysis of the American Heart Association COVID‐19 Registry Linked With Medicare Claims Data

Almost Half of US Counties Have No Cardiologists Despite Higher Prevalence of CV Risk Factors, Mortality

HighLife Receives IDE Approval to Initiate US Pivotal Clinical Study for treatment of Mitral Regurgitation

Wildfire Air Pollution and Rates of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Northern California in 2018

Multimorbidity of cardiovascular disease subtypes in a prospective cohort of 1.2 million UK women

COVID-19 myocarditis illusions

Myocarditis update from Sweden

Paper Calls for Patient-first Regulation of AI in Healthcare

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