The New England Journal of Medicine

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obesity, treatment with tirzepatide led to a lower risk of death from cardiovascular causes or worsening heart-failure events than placebo.

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HCPLive

AUGUST 1, 2024

Eli Lilly's tirzepatide showed a 38% reduction in heart failure outcomes and improved symptoms in adults with HFpEF and obesity in the phase 3 SUMMIT trial.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Heart failure (HF) is increasing at an alarming rate, primary due to the rising in aging, obesity and diabetes. Notably, individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) face a significantly elevated risk of HF, leading.

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Med Page Today

OCTOBER 2, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- The novel investigational weight loss agent HU6 had mixed results specifically targeting obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), based on the small HuMain-HFpEF trial. After 19 weeks on daily.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

AUGUST 13, 2024

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is associated with systemic inflammation, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and gut microbiome changes. Increased trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) levels are pred.

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American College of Cardiology

APRIL 6, 2024

The goal of the STEP-HFpEF DM trial was to compare the safety and efficacy of semaglutide among patients with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).

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DAIC

JULY 31, 2024

mtaschetta-millane Wed, 07/31/2024 - 06:00 July 31, 2024 — A novel study co-authored by a heart failure cardiologist at University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, demonstrates the effectiveness of a newly developed scoring system in identifying patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF).

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HCPLive

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, discusses the need for cardiology to embrace a role for GLP-1 receptor agonists and incretin therapies, with a focus on obesity-related HFpEF.

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

In patients with obesity and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), weekly treatment with tirzepatide over approximately two years reduced the risk of worsening heart failure events, based on findings from the SUMMIT trial.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Background The obesity occurrence has achieved epidemic levels worldwide and several studies indicate a paradoxical similarity among obesity and the prognosis in heart failure (HF). Conclusion In not hospitalized patients with HFREF of ischemic etiology, obesity was not a protective factor.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Obesity is common in the heart failure (HF) population and is regarded as an important risk factor for developing HF. Greater skeletal muscle mass has shown to be the underlying protective factor against cardi.

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American College of Cardiology

JANUARY 15, 2025

Alison Bailey and Milton Packer examine the power of tirzepatide expanding beyond weight loss and treating diabetes in addition to reducing heart failure events in patients with obesity-related HFpEF. In this interview, Drs.

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JAMA Cardiology

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In this case series study, pulmonary artery systolic, diastolic, and mean pressures of 2 participants with obesity and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction were measured at zero gravity during parabolic flight to assess the effect of external constraint on left ventricular filling pressures.

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The goal of the SUMMIT trial was to compare the safety and efficacy of tirzepatide among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and obesity.

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American College of Cardiology

APRIL 10, 2024

What are the effects of semaglutide across a broad range of outcomes in people with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) with and without diabetes, and consistency across key patient subgroups?

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American College of Cardiology

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Obesity is quite common in patients suffering from heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Semaglutide is a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist that has been shown to cause weight loss and reduce cardiovascular events in patients with obesity.

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American College of Cardiology

JULY 16, 2024

For patients with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), what is the effect of semaglutide on change in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class over time?

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American College of Cardiology

JANUARY 8, 2024

Obesity is a multifaceted disease that is directly and indirectly implicated in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), heart failure (HF), atrial fibrillation (AF), and multiple CVD risk factors, including dyslipidemia, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), and sleep disorders.

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American College of Cardiology

AUGUST 7, 2024

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at post-capillary pulmonary hypertension in heart failure and the revised European guideline definition. He then explores obesity in adolescents and its impact on our societal health.

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American College of Cardiology

AUGUST 26, 2024

The goal of the STEP-HFpEF trial was to compare the safety and efficacy of semaglutide among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and obesity.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The GLP-1 tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Eli Lilly's Mounjaro, was found to reduce the risk of heart failure by 46% among individuals with obesity, according to a study published Nov. 16 in The New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the American Heart Association's annual Scientific Sessions.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Although the “obesity paradox” is comprehensively elucidated in heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), the role of body composition in left v.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

JUNE 23, 2024

Semaglutide, a medication initially developed for type 2 diabetes and obesity, significantly improves symptoms in men and women with a common type of heart failure that has had few therapeutic options. Women experienced greater weight loss and the same symptom benefits compared with men.

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Open Heart

MAY 23, 2024

Pre-eclampsia and heart failure have common risk factors, including hypertension, obesity and diabetes. It is not known whether heart failure increases the risk of pre-eclampsia. This study examines whether pregestational heart failure increases the risk of pre-eclampsia.

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American College of Cardiology

JUNE 24, 2024

Semaglutide reduces body weight to a greater extent in women with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) than in men, and improved Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Clinical Summary Score (KCCQ-CSS) to the same extent in both women and men, according to results from a prespecified secondary analysis of pooled (..)

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JULY 17, 2024

Recently, indisputable evidence has shown that the TyG index is strongly associated with cardiovascular disease [CVD, including atherosclerosis, heart failure (HF), and hypertension] prognosis and mortality. Finally, we summarized the mechanism of the “obesity paradox.”

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Semaglutide treatment was found to reduce healthcare costs significantly for patients with overweight or obesity and who had either heart failure or atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to studies presented Nov. 3-6 at the Obesity Society's annual Obesity Week conference and reviewed Nov.

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Med Page Today

APRIL 7, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Weight loss and heart failure benefits with semaglutide (Wegovy) extended to patients with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) who have type 2 diabetes, the STEP-HFpEF DM trial showed.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Abstract Background N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentrations are lower in patients with obesity. The interaction between body mass index (BMI) and NT-proBNP with respect to heart failure (HF) risk remains incompletely defined.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) in heart failure is now a class I indication for patients with heart failure. Evidence supports the relationship between obesity and the incidence and recurrence of Afib.

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Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a widespread syndrome with limited therapeutic options and poorly understood immune pathophysiology.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 17, 2023

These conditions have an increasing share in the health burden worldwide due to worsening endemic of hypertension, obesity, and diabetes. However, the same set of genes were significantly induced in the Trp53inp2-cKO hearts under both mechanical and metabolic stresses.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

We have previously shown an association between metabolic syndrome (MS) and heart failure (HF) outcomes in patients with implanted defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D). However, the role of MS and diabetes in predicting HF outcomes was not assessed in non-obese patients.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Increasing severity of obesity is associated with multiple characteristics that may contribute to the development or worsening of heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Echocardiography demonstrated increased CO with obesity, but not estimated right atrial (RA) pressure or E/e′. Overall, 60.9%

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 21, 2025

Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is an irregular heart rhythm that increases a person's risk of stroke, heart failure and even premature death.

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Cardiology Update

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Previous studies have associated obesity with negative changes in the right ventricle using imaging techniques. However, the connection between obesity and more direct measures of right ventricle function, particularly those reflecting hemodynamic consequences, have been unclear. Original article: Circ Heart Fail.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Background: Patients with heart failure, a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), and obesity have significant disability and suffer frequent exacerbations of heart failure. 6MWD 302.881.7meters, and 53%(n=388) had a worsening heart failure event in the prior 12 months. Circulation, Ahead of Print.

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