Heart Failure

Countries with a low sociodemographic index need improved medical care to combat increasing rates of HF, according to a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

The American College of Cardiology announced it received a grant from Bristol Myers Squibb to launch the Accelerating Innovation for Medical Excellence in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy initiative.

Boston Scientific issued a recall for its implantable cardioverter defibrillator due to a manufacturing process that may allow moisture inside the defibrillator, causing a short-circuit in the delivery of high-voltage shocks.

Left ventricular structure and function parameters in patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction but no diabetes assigned empagliflozin (Jardiance, Boehringer Ingelheim/Eli Lilly) or placebo.

The medical community during the past year has learned, among other things, that SARS-CoV-2 has numerous short-term and long-term consequences on the CV system.

Novartis announced the FDA has granted an expanded indication for sacubitril/valsartan to lower risk for CV death and HF hospitalization in adult patients with chronic HF.

Compared with moderate training, high-intensity interval training yielded no significant difference in peak oxygen consumption after 3 months in patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction, researchers reported.

In Native Hawaiian individuals, Polynesian ancestry is associated with elevated risk for diabetes, HF and obesity, according to a genetic study published in PLOS Genetics.

Living in a rural area was associated with an elevated mortality rate in patients with HF, according to study findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Increased coffee consumption was associated with reduced risk for HF in three different cohorts, according to results published in Circulation: Heart Failure.