Clinical Heart Failure
Management of Comorbid Conditions
VIDEO: AHA presentations show caffeine consumption ‘double-edged sword’
In this video, Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, spoke with Healio about presentations on caffeine consumption and atrial fibrillation presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
VIDEO: ‘Interesting and important’ results from AVATAR trial presented at AHA
Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, spoke with Healio about results from the AVATAR trial presented at this year’s American Heart Associaton Scientific Sessions.
VIDEO: AHA includes ‘exciting’ early research on HF treatments
In this video, Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, director of the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center and professor of medicine and chief of the division of cardiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, discusses the types of research presented on HF at this year’s American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
Lisinopril may prevent cardiotoxicity of anthracycline, trastuzumab use in breast cancer
A decrease in left ventricular ejection fraction to below normal levels occurred more frequently among women with HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer who received anthracyclines prior to trastuzumab, according to study results.
COAPT: MitraClip improves outcomes regardless of mitral valve gradient
Transcatheter mitral valve repair improved clinical outcomes in patients with HF across all quartiles of mitral valve gradient, according to new data from the COAPT trial.
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ACC/AHA Heart Failure Classification Topic Review
The American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Heart Failure Society of America developed a classification of heart failure that divides heart failure into four stages.