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Advance in the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure Identified

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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. hospitals from emergency rooms.

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Severe Maternal Grief Associated with Increased Risk of Heart Failure in Child

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In a new study published in JACC: Heart Failure , maternal loss of a partner or child shortly before or during pregnancy was found to be associated with increased risk of heart failure up to middle-age in the child. According to the World Heart Federation, more than 64 million people worldwide have heart failure.

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AskBio Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for AB-1002 Investigational Gene Therapy Program in Congestive Heart Failure

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Inhibiting the function of this protein, which is linked to congestive heart failure (CHF), could potentially lead to a therapeutic effect on the heart.1,2 Inhibiting the function of this protein, which is linked to congestive heart failure (CHF), could potentially lead to a therapeutic effect on the heart.1,2

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

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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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Proposed Risk Factor Tool Finds Heart Failure Rates are Higher Among American Indian Adults

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21, 2024 — The incidence rate of heart failure was 2- to 3-fold higher among American Indian populations than rates observed in studies focused on other population groups, such as African American, Hispanic or white adults, in a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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Multiprofessional heart failure self-development framework

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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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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

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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.