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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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Hip fractures linked to fivefold increase in cardiovascular event risk in patients with heart failure

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A research team in the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), found that hip fractures not only result in both physical and psychological injuries, but may also induce adverse cardiovascular events.

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Novel device therapies in heart failure: focus on patient selection

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

The increasing prevalence of heart failure (HF) has led to advancements in therapeutic strategies, including the development of new pharmacological treatments and the expansion of guideline recommendations across the spectrum of left ventricular ejection fractions.

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Heart failure services from the community perspective in the UK: a cross-sectional survey

The British Journal of Cardiology

Heart failure (HF) is a highly prevalent long-term condition, with variation in services and resources across the UK. Most services provided admission avoidance (96.5%), post-discharge checks (87%), pharmacological optimisation (99%), ongoing monitoring (82%) and palliative care (87%).

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Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF): Advances and Challenges

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

It highlights the confluence of two major cardiovascular epidemics, atrial fibrillation and heart failure, with preserved ejection fraction. In these conditions, advances in electrophysiology and heart failure physiology are intertwined and are integrated in this review.

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Non-Pharmacologic Therapies to Reduce Morbidity, Improve Function of Patients With HF

American College of Cardiology

A recent State-of-the-Art Review published in JACC: Heart Failure provides evidence-based recommendations on how to best optimize the care of patients with heart failure (HF) through non-pharmacological strategies.

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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 (..)