Heart Failure

Global longitudinal strain may be an effective tool for risk stratification of patients with chronic HF, according to data from the MyoVasc study published in JAMA Cardiology.

Healio and Cardiology Today have aggregated the top news in cardiology of January 2021.

Black patients experienced a higher rate of HF hospitalization and a lower rate of HF death compared with white patients, according to an analysis published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Female patients had higher risk for HF hospitalization after survival of acute MI compared with male patients, according to study findings published in Heart.

Healio and Cardiology Today present highlights from the virtual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, held Nov. 13 to 17.

Among patients with asymptomatic aortic valve stenosis, elevated acceleration time/ejection time ratio was associated with increased CV mortality and morbidity, according to data published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.

Patients who experienced HF rehospitalization presented with lower values for skeletal muscle fitness parameters and knee extensor muscle power compared with patients with HF who were not rehospitalized, according to study results.

Empagliflozin, an SGLT2 inhibitor, improved left ventricular function and quality of life in patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction and without diabetes, according to findings from the EMPA-TROPISM trial.

Healio and Cardiology Today have aggregated the most-read HF news of 2020.

Low-dose digoxin vs. bisprolol for quality of life in patients with permanent AF and HF symptoms.