Congestive Heart Failure

Select contaminants within the phthalate class may be linked to more rapid deterioration in kidney function, researchers from New York University found in a recently published study.

Early data show that thoracic duct decompression with a novel catheter-based system on top of IV loop diuretics safely lowered congestion in patients with acute decompensated HF compared with diuretics alone.

Race, sequential organ failure assessment scores and cardiac arrhythmias are among the factors that raised the risk for mechanical ventilation following sepsis onset, according to results published in American Journal of Critical Care.

Treatment with anthracyclines for breast cancer or lymphoma correlated with more than two times higher risk for congestive heart failure than that of healthy controls, according to a study conducted at Mayo Clinic.

CHICAGO — In this Healio video exclusive, Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, recaps results from a real-world analysis of Zinplava for prevention of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection in patients with congestive heart failure.

Initiation rates of GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors among older adults with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or congestive heart failure remained low from 2016 to 2019, according to study data.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Elevated ferritin correlated with an increased prevalence of cirrhosis — but not congestive heart failure — in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease, according to a presenter here.

scPharmaceuticals Inc. announced the FDA approved its self-administered subcutaneous furosemide injection for the treatment of congestion from fluid overload in adults with NYHA II and III chronic HF.

Starting Oct. 13, Emory University will host its 25th Cardiology in Primary Care Conference, a 2.5-day event that will provide information on the outpatient management of cardiac conditions.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A novel speech analysis system was able to detect impending heart failure events in ambulatory patients with congestive HF more than 3 weeks ahead of time, a speaker reported.