Congestive Heart Failure

Early physician follow-up with a comprehensive transitional care strategy and effective chronic disease management after discharge was associated with reduced 90-day readmissions among patients with COPD and other complex conditions.

In a nationwide study, men were more likely to experience sudden cardiac death than women across all age groups, researchers reported in Heart.

Researchers from Canada observed no link between higher doses of sitagliptin and increased risk for congestive heart failure in a cohort of patients older than 66 years who had both type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

Patients hospitalized with acute ischemic stroke and obstructive sleep apnea have lower in-hospital mortality compared with those without obstructive sleep apnea, but higher odds of comorbidities, researchers reported.

Previously undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea in patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure was associated with increased costs and readmissions at 3 and 6 months compared with patients without sleep-disordered breathing, researchers reported.

Patients who underwent dialysis and were prescribed roxadustat had a 27% reduction in risk for hospitalization for congestive heart failure compared with patients who took epoetin alfa, according to a study.

Food, housing and financial insecurity each greatly increased the odds of CVD, according to data presented at the virtual American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

Use of voice signal analysis, an emerging noninvasive biomarker, may identify patients with congestive HF who are at highest risk for 20-month hospitalization or mortality, using voice analysis, according to research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

A research letter published in JAMA has described some of the initial characteristics and outcomes of critically ill patients with COVID-19.

Intensive glucose management can help adults with type 1 diabetes avoid an initial or subsequent cardiovascular disease or major adverse cardiovascular disease event, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.