Heart Failure Hospitalization

NEW ORLEANS — The benefits of empagliflozin in patients with HF were consistent regardless of the recency of a patient’s HF hospitalization, researchers reported at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

NEW ORLEANS — Patients with HF at rural hospitals were significantly less likely to receive guideline-directed medical therapy at discharge compared with urban hospitals, but other quality metrics were similar, researchers reported.

Remote patient management vs. usual care for time to all-cause death or rehospitalization in acute HF.

The prevalence of HF in the adult population is 1% to 2%, according to a meta-analysis of populations from 11 countries published in Heart.

Findings from a meta-regression analysis indicated that the beneficial effects of SGLT2 inhibition on CV death and HF hospitalization in patients with diabetes may be related to body weight.

Adults who survive a hospitalization with sepsis are at substantially increased risk for post-discharge death and CV events resulting in hospitalization, researchers reported.

A delay in time to catheter ablation after an atrial fibrillation diagnosis is associated with increased mortality risk as well as trends of increased risk for HF hospitalization and AF recurrence, researchers reported.

Efficacy and safety of uptitration of standard oral HF medications during hospitalization for acute HF and close monitoring after discharge.

The majority of patients admitted for acute HF are eligible for foundational quadruple therapy and other medications, researchers reported in JACC: Heart Failure.

In patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction, elevated left atrial stiffness was associated with increased risk for all-cause mortality and HF hospitalization, researchers reported.