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Heart failure learning module 3: lifestyle modifications and pharmacological treatment of heart failure

The British Journal of Cardiology

Introduction The aims of chronic heart failure (HF) management are: to provide symptom relief to prevent hospitalisation for HF to improve survival. Optimal pharmacological and non-pharmacological management (including device treatment) have had an enormous beneficial impact on the clinical course of HF.

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Contemporary pharmacological treatment and management of heart failure

Nature Reviews - Cardiology

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-00997-0 In this Review, Bozkurt provides an overview of the management of patients with heart failure across the full range of left ventricular ejection fraction, derived from the recommendations in the latest US and European guidelines.

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Clinical trial finds finerenone reduces worsening heart failure and cardiovascular death

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Finerenone reduced the composite of total first and recurrent heart failure (HF) events (hospitalizations for HF or urgent HF visits) and cardiovascular death in patients with HF and mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction, according to an international clinical trial.

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Immune checkpoints in cardiac physiology and pathology: therapeutic targets for heart failure

Nature Reviews - Cardiology

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 26 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-023-00986-9 In this Review, Varga and colleagues provide an overview of the evidence on immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced heart failure and cardiac dysfunction that is unrelated to myocarditis, and discuss how pharmacological targeting of immune checkpoints might be (..)

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RYR2 deficient human model identifies calcium handling and metabolic dysfunction impacting pharmacological responses

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Creation of disease models utilizing hiPSCs in combination with CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing enable mechanistic insights into differential pharmacological responses. RYR2 deficient cardiomyocytes show differential pharmacological responses to L-type channel calcium inhibitors.

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Patient Enrollment Commenced in Pivotal Phase 3 Trial of CardiAMP Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Ischemic Heart Failure

DAIC

FDA granted CardiAMP Cell Therapy a Breakthrough Device Designation for the treatment of ischemic heart failure. Leslie Miller, MD , trial investigator at the CHF Heart Function Clinic at BayCare Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Florida and a member of the CardiAMP Heart Failure II Study Executive Steering Committee. “As

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Omecamtiv Mecarbil in the treatment of heart failure: the past, the present, and the future

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Heart failure, a prevailing global health issue, imposes a substantial burden on both healthcare systems and patients worldwide. With an escalating prevalence of heart failure, prolonged survival rates, and an aging demographic, an increasing number of individuals are progressing to more advanced phases of this incapacitating ailment.