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Finerone treatment shows promise for heart failure

Written by | 7 Sep 2024

Compared to placebo-treated patients with heart failure and mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction, similar patients treated with finerone have achieved a significantly lower rate of a composite… read more.

Abbott advances heart failure management with aspirin free regimen for patients receiving the HeartMate 3 heart pump

Written by | 27 Aug 2024

Abbott announced that the FDA has approved a change to its label that will help patients who receive a HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device (LVAD, or heart… read more.

FDA approval of supplemental new drug application expanding the Furoscix (furosemide injection) indication in heart failure – sc Pharmaceuticals

Written by | 19 Aug 2024

scPharmaceuticals Inc. announced that the FDA has approved its Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) seeking to expand the Furoscix indication for heart failure patients. At approval, Furoscix was… read more.

Study uncovers connections between obesity and heart failure

Written by | 12 Aug 2024

A new small study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers and published July 25th in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research has revealed the impact of obesity on muscle structure in patients having a… read more.

Artificial intelligence tool to improve heart failure care

Written by | 24 May 2024

UVA Health researchers have developed a powerful new risk assessment tool for predicting outcomes in heart failure patients. The researchers have made the tool publicly available for free… read more.

Weight loss drug linked with reduced need for diuretics in heart failure patients

Written by | 14 May 2024

Semaglutide reduces the need for loop diuretic use and dose, and has positive effects on symptoms, physical limitations, and body weight in patients with heart failure with preserved… read more.

Abbott/Thoratec Corp recalls HeartMate II and HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist system due to long-term buildup causing an obstruction

Written by | 25 Apr 2024

Abbott/Thoratec Corp. is recalling HeartMate II and HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) due to an issue called Extrinsic Outflow Graft Obstruction, (EOGO) . This happens when… read more.

Ferinject (ferric carboxymaltose) approved by Health Canada for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in adult and pediatric patients and iron deficiency in adult patients with heart failure – CSL Vifor

Written by | 23 Mar 2024

CSL Vifor announced that Health Canada has authorized Ferinject (ferric carboxymaltose) for the intravenous (IV) treatment of iron deficiency anemia in adult and pediatric patients one year of… read more.

Abbott recalls HeartMate Touch communication system for unintentional pump start and stop

Written by | 16 Mar 2024

The HeartMate Touch Communication System monitors patients who have an implantable HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device. The HeartMate Touch Communication System works with the HeartMate System Controller…. read more.

Equivalency of drug and non-drug therapy for depression in heart failure

Written by | 3 Feb 2024

To treat depression in heart failure, patients can receive with similar efficacy either behavioral activation psychotherapy or antidepressant drug therapy, researchers report. The findings appeared on Jan.17, 2024… read more.

Where patients live impacts whether they pick up their heart-failure medications

Written by | 20 Dec 2023

People who live in neighborhoods with higher levels of poverty and unemployment are less likely to fill their heart-failure drug prescriptions than those living in wealthier areas, a… read more.

Commonly prescribed hypertension drug, amlodipine, not actually dangerous

Written by | 14 Oct 2023

A new paper in the journal Function, published by Oxford Univetrsity Press, finds that a widely prescribed drug for treating hypertension, amlodipine, is not dangerous for patients, despite recent concerns… read more.

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