Cardiology Update

JANUARY 12, 2025

Hashtag: #ESCPrev2025 Heart Failure 2025 Date: Saturday, 17 May – Tuesday, 20 May 2025 Location: Belgrade, Serbia Overview: The Heart Failure Congress stands as the premier global gathering encompassing the full spectrum of heart failure.

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Conquering CHD

JANUARY 17, 2025

After struggling with heart failure for the first months of his life, doctors told his parents that Zeke would need a heart transplant immediately. Numerous doctors, nurses, technicians and other specialists provided the clinical care that saved Zane and Zekes lives.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

EASY-HF: readily available urinary sodium analysis in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). Aims Early evaluation of the natriuretic response is recommended to guide diuretic therapy in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). The primary endpoint was natriuresis after 48h.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MAY 13, 2024

AimsTo assess the barriers to guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) use in heart failure (HF), diagnostic workup and general knowledge about HF among physicians in Sweden.MethodsA survey about the management of HF was sent to 828 Swedish physicians including general practitioners (GPs) and specialists during 2021–2022.

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Cardiology Update

JANUARY 2, 2024

Heart Failure 2024 Date: May 11-14, 2024 Location: Lisbon, Portugal and online Overview: The Heart Failure Congress stands as the premier global gathering encompassing the full spectrum of heart failure. Hashtag: #ESCPrev2024 5. Hashtag: #HeartFailure2024 6. Hashtag: #EASCongress2024 8.

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The British Journal of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

At the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions conference in June, Professor Tiny Jaarsma called for a pillar of self-care to be added to heart failure (HF) care guidelines. 1 Taylor et al. 2 agree that HF care needs an additional pillar and suggest cardiac rehabilitation.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Introduction:Guidelines have recognized the critical role of self-care in heart failure (HF), but people with HF do not adequately practice self-care. Participants in the intervention group received a 6-week nurse-led CSM of Self-Regulation-based self-care program and usual care.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

However, there is a notable gap in device options for infants and young children with end stage heart failure. Although tools for the youngest heart patients are limited, the Ochsner Children’s Hospital team provides top-of-the-line care to bridge patients safely to transplant and a hope for a better quality of life.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 7, 2025

Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. BackgroundTelemedicine interventions (TMIs) for heart failure (HF) can reduce hospitalizations and deaths. The nurse was linked to a cardiologist for teleconsultations, according to predefined decision trees.

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European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

JANUARY 27, 2025

Methods and results This is a multicentre RCT with three different intervention groups (IGs) and one control group.

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DAIC

JULY 1, 2024

He will guide comprehensive medical education, outreach and guideline integration initiatives to establish Barostim as the standard of care for patients with heart failure. Dr. Adamson joins CVRx from Abbott Laboratories , where he served as Divisional Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of the Heart Failure division.

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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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Journal of the American Heart Association

DECEMBER 24, 2024

BackgroundTranscatheter edgetoedge repair of the mitral valve (mTEER) reduced a hierarchical end point that included death and heart failure hospitalization in COAPT (Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous Therapy for Heart Failure Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation Trial).

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Introduction:Adequate heart failure (HF) self-management is crucial for alleviating distressing symptoms. Nurse experts with doctoral degrees and HF experience assessed 96 items about questionnaire clarity and relevance via Delphi rounds, using a 4-point Likert scale. Items with a content validity index (I-CVI) between.80

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Background:Patients with heart failure may suffer from symptom distress, affecting their overall quality of life and psychological well-being including depression. The experimental group received a 12-week NICE-Support intervention, encompassing nursing instruction, nutritional counseling, exercise, and support.

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American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Does a collaborative nurse practitioner (NP) and pharmacist-led optimization program increase the use of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) safely in patients with heart failure (HF)?

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European Journal of Heart Failure

JANUARY 27, 2025

Abstract Aims Early identification and management of worsening heart failure (HF) is necessary to prevent disease progression and hospitalizations. Abstract Aims Early identification and management of worsening heart failure (HF) is necessary to prevent disease progression and hospitalizations.

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Circulation: Heart Failure

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print. Background:The STRONG-HF trial demonstrated substantial reductions in the composite of mortality and morbidity over 6 months among hospitalized heart failure patients who were randomized to intensive guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) optimization compared to usual care.

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Open Heart

JULY 20, 2022

Aims Heart failure (HF) is associated with comorbidities which independently influence treatment response and outcomes. The multispecialty MDT comprised HF cardiologists (primary, secondary, tertiary care), HF nurses, nephrologist, endocrinologist, palliative care, chest physician, pharmacist, clinical pharmacologist and geriatrician.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Introduction:European, American and UK guidelines all endorse the prescription of the 'four pillars' of treatment (ACE/ARBs, b-blockers, MRAs and SGLT2 inhibitors) for heart failure with reduced LV systolic function (HFrEF). Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4134483-A4134483, November 12, 2024.

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Open Heart

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Background and objectives Echocardiography is the cornerstone of heart failure (HF) diagnosis, but expertise is limited. Methods General practitioners, registered cardiac nurses and cardiologists represented the novice, intermediate and expert users, respectively, in this diagnostic accuracy study.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Despite variation, the project increased HF education resources, achieving 1-2 follow-up HF visits per week at the continuity clinic with increased checklist utilization.Conclusion:With the help of QI, we successfully increased the number of HF education books across all the nursing units on the telemetry floor.

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Open Heart

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Background/objectives Heart failure (HF) is a growing clinical and economic burden for patients and health systems. Those enrolled in the HAH programme were less likely to be discharged with postacute services (skilled nursing facility or home health). Primary outcomes demonstrated that HAH patients had slightly longer LOS (6.3

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Background:Physical activity is pivotal in managing heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), and walking integrated into daily life is an especially suitable form of such physical activity. Circulation, Ahead of Print. The control group patients continued usual care.

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European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

JANUARY 21, 2025

Abstract Aims The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted healthcare systems and possibly impacted the management of heart failure (HF). This study examined the impact of the pandemic on HF hospitalization activities, outcomes, and costs in Victoria, Australia.

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European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

AUGUST 25, 2024

Abstract Aim Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is increasing in incidence and is increasingly the most common heart failure (HF) diagnosis. There is a long history of specialist HF care in the UK, including seminal work on nurse-led care.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Introduction:Given the well-documented benefits of yoga on the cardiovascular system and improvement of exercise tolerance and quality of life, the American Heart Association recently recommended yoga as a safe and well-tolerated adjunctive therapy for patients with heart failure (HF).

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European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

JANUARY 15, 2025

Abstract Aims It is unclear whether there is a causal relationship between social determinants of health (SDoH) and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). In this study, we assessed causality using inverse probability weighting (IPW) of marginal structural models (MSMs) during the course of CHF.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

IntroductionCardiomyopathy (CM) is a diverse pathology defined by both structural and functional changes in the heart. Despite these outcomes, CM‐HF patients were less likely to have a non‐favorable discharge to both a skilled nursing facility (43.8% Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Volume 3, Issue S2 , November 1, 2023.

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DAIC

JULY 15, 2024

Health systems leveraging Guidehealth can seamlessly integrate Story Health’s program to support at-risk patients with heart conditions like heart failure, hypertension, and arrhythmia, providing better care while also reducing the total cost of care, according to a written statement detailing the deal.

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DAIC

JULY 30, 2024

Chung | Sumeet Chugh | Richard Price | Jennifer Kozen | Jill Schaeffer HRX/SCRN Joint Session: The Role of Robotics in present and future care of Heart Rhythm Patients: J. Kenigsberg The New Horizon of Remote Monitoring: Amy Tucker | Niraj Varma | Janet K.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background:The STRACK project aims to improve post-stroke patient management and the transition from acute to primary care thanks to improvements in patient pathways and monitoring cardiovascular risk factors: heart failure, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, dyslipidemia and hypertension.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

JULY 25, 2023

There are significant data that show that if you have obesity, you have a high risk of developing coronary heart disease, heart failure, type 2 diabetes (T2D) or risk factors such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. [1] Is the obesity paradox a real phenomenon?

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Vector Remote

MARCH 9, 2023

All About Cardiac Remote Patient Monitoring Software Comprehensive healthcare for rhythm, heart failure, and hypertension requires the ability to monitor a heart’s condition. With The Vector Patient Care Platform™ , patient connectivity and data management for rhythm, heart failure, and hypertension is simplified.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Maintenance fluids were set at 75 ml/hr, and 20 ml/hr for patients with congestive heart failure and an ejection fraction ≤ 40%. The new protocol included normal saline pre- and post-procedure maintenance fluids, with a 250 ml normal saline bolus pre-operatively.

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Ken Grauer, MD

AUGUST 16, 2024

PEARL # 2: In the absence of associated heart failure ( cardiogenic shock ) — sinus tachycardia is not a common finding in acute MI. For now — Let's continue with ECG signs consistent with and suggestive of acute RV "Strain". Sinus Tachycardia and RAD — as already noted above. To emphasize — Count the respiratory rate yourself !

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Cardiomatics

JANUARY 15, 2023

What’s more, an increasing shortage of resources – physicians, as well as nurses – is escalating the vast backlog of cardiac care. As we all know, early diagnosis of such diseases is crucial in order to prevent patients from suffering heart failure or sudden death. This is why time is so important.

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