Congestive Heart Failure

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.

There is now plentiful evidence that medical therapy benefits patients with peripheral artery disease, which is reflected in guidelines but not followed nearly enough, a speaker stated at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy.

News that the FDA is investigating metformin products to determine if potentially carcinogenic agents are present was one of the week’s top stories in endocrinology.

Among adults with type 2 diabetes, the risks for congestive heart failure and all-cause mortality rise with increases in BMI and waist circumference, but there may be a need to reevaluate what constitutes obesity using these metrics, according to findings published in the Journal of Diabetes and its Complications.