Heart Failure

The annual incidence of worsening HF events increased during the past decade, largely driven by higher rates of outpatient encounters and ED visits and observation stays, according to an analysis of electronic health records.

Young adults with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes have a higher risk for heart failure than those without diabetes, and the risk for heart failure increases for those with microvascular disease, according to study data.

Black adults with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk for developing chronic kidney disease and heart failure than white adults, and the time from diabetes diagnosis to CKD or heart failure was 12 years or less in all age groups.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FASE, FASPC, discussed her presentation on sex-based disparities in diabetes and their impact on atherosclerotic CVD and HF.

PHILADELPHIA — The CV complications of COVID-19 are wide-ranging, and the consequences can be especially serious in patients with HF, a speaker said at the Heart in Diabetes CME conference.

PHILADELPHIA — CVD trends, particularly for HF, have gotten worse since 2011, and a way to address them may be to focus on health equity and begin prevention early, a speaker said at the Heart in Diabetes CME conference.

PHILADELPHIA — Black patients are highly likely to benefit from prescription of SGLT2 inhibitors for HF, but they are less commonly prescribed them compared with other patients, according to a speaker.

PHILADELPHIA — Black patients are highly likely to benefit from prescription of SGLT2 inhibitors for HF, but they are less commonly prescribed them compared with other patients, according to a speaker.

Experts across the cardiorenal metabolic specialties will again convene to present innovative research on the relationship between type 2 diabetes, CVD and renal disease, including controversial debates and panel discussions.

Visit-to-visit HDL and total cholesterol variability were associated with increased risk for new-onset HF in a cohort of patients in Hong Kong, researchers reported.