HF/Transplantation News

In an analysis of more than 3 million U.S. adults, most patients with a class 1a recommendation for SGLT2 inhibitors were not prescribed them, researchers reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

scPharmaceuticals Inc. announced the FDA approved the supplemental new drug application to expand the indication of its self-administered subcutaneous furosemide injection for patients with heart failure.

Ambient air pollution was associated with an increased risk for adverse events among Medicare beneficiaries with preexisting HF, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Stanford Medicine Children’s Health this year celebrated 50 years of pediatric heart transplants and more than 35 years of pediatric lung transplants, according to a press release.

The first implantation of a new class of total artificial heart, a rotary pump with a single moving part, was successfully completed by a team at The Texas Heart Institute, the institution reported.

Overall rates of postdischarge follow-up care after heart disease hospitalization has increased, but gaps in follow-up care for Black and Medicaid dual-eligible patients widened, researchers reported.

The 2016 revisions to the United Network for Organ Sharing pediatric heart transplant allocation policy were not independently associated with a drop in waitlist mortality, researchers reported.

Bayer announced positive top-line results for the FINEARTS-HF trial of finerenone, in which the drug reduced risk for cardiovascular death and heart failure events in patients with HF with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction.

Tirzepatide significantly reduced HF outcomes and symptoms for patients with HF and preserved ejection fraction and obesity, according to the top-line results of the phase 3 SUMMIT clinical trial.

Risk for psychiatric disorder or suicide attempt is particularly high in the first year following hospitalization for heart disease, and patient support is important to lower such risk, researchers reported.