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Heart failure (HF) is a condition in which a problem with the structure or function of the heart impairs its ability to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the body's needs. It should not be confused with cardiac arrest or myocardial infarction.

OU Health Sciences Center awarded five-year grant for suicide prevention

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center has been awarded a five-year, $38 million grant to lead and expand a national program dedicated to suicide prevention.

6 Aug 2020

Heart cell treatment can benefit patients, shows study

More than three years after a clinical trial was prematurely ended for failing to show progress in healing heart attack scars, a prominent peer-reviewed journal is publishing some surprising results showing that the heart cell treatment does benefit patients.

4 Aug 2020

AI-enabled ECG provides a rapid and effective method to screen heart failure

When people seek emergency care for shortness of breath, a routine electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI) is better than standard blood tests at determining if the cause is heart failure, according to new research published today in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, an American Heart Association journal.

4 Aug 2020

Despite COVID-19 pressures, hospitals are maintaining emergency cardiac services in majority of cases

The death rate for patients who experienced what is normally a lower-risk heart attack rose sharply during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in England, according to an analysis of NHS data.

4 Aug 2020

Study finds increase in comorbidities, mortality risk among hospitalized patients with heart failure

A study recently published in the journal Circulation looks at temporal trends in the burden of comorbidities and associated risk of mortality among patients with heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), in which the left ventricle of the heart is not able to relax enough to fill properly with blood, and HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), in which the left ventricle is not able contract enough to pump out as much blood.

30 Jul 2020

The toll that COVID-19 takes on the heart

Now, two new studies describe the toll that COVID-19 takes in the heart, increasing the risk of long-term damage even after patients recover. These studies also show that heart damage can even occur in people who did not have severe illness that required hospitalization.

29 Jul 2020

Study sheds wider light on the clinical profile of patients with pulmonary hypertension

When most people think of high blood pressure, they think of being tested with an arm cuff at a doctor's appointment. That type of blood pressure is separate from pulmonary hypertension (PH), which is high blood pressure in the lung arteries.

28 Jul 2020

OU physician receives $1.6 million NIH grant for knee osteoarthritis research

By the time they turn 65, at least half of people suffer from osteoarthritis, a condition that impairs quality of life and cannot be slowed by medication.

28 Jul 2020

UT Southwestern Medical Center ranks among the top 50 hospitals

UT Southwestern Medical Center is the No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth – the nation's fourth-largest metro area – and ranks among the top 50 hospitals nationally in 10 specialties ranging from brain to heart care, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Hospitals report released today. Six of the specialties rank in the top 25.

28 Jul 2020

Paired surgical approach improves chances for heart transplant in obese patients

Patients with obesity are at higher risk of developing heart failure. And yet, many obese patients face obstacles to getting heart transplants, as recovery is considered to be more challenging and risky in individuals with high body mass.

27 Jul 2020

Study finds a sharp decline in heart transplants during the pandemic

The number of heart transplants in the United States declined sharply during the beginning of the pandemic, even in areas of the country with few COVID-19 cases at the time, according to an analysis by researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

24 Jul 2020

Study finds increasing rates of preventable hospitalizations among dementia patients

Older adults with dementia tend to be hospitalized more often than those without cognitive impairment.

24 Jul 2020

SphingoTec launches point-of-care test for bio-ADM, a biomarker for life threatening endothelial dysfunction

Diagnostics company SphingoTec GmbH today announced the launch of its IB10 sphingotest® bio-ADM®, a CE-IVD-marked point-of-care test to quantitatively determine blood levels of Bioactive Adrenomedullin. Blood levels of bio-ADM® reflect in real-time the functional status of the endothelium, the inner cell sheet of blood vessels.

24 Jul 2020

Hypertension drugs are associated with elevated incidence of heart failure

L-type calcium channel blockers (LCCBs) -- the most widely used drugs for treating hypertension -- may harm the heart as much as help it, according to a new study.

24 Jul 2020

Genetic testing can help make well-informed decisions about heart health

Genetic testing and counseling for inherited cardiovascular diseases may help patients and their families make well-informed decisions about managing their heart health, according to "Genetic Testing for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases," a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association, published today in the Association's journal Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine.

23 Jul 2020

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OU Health Sciences Center awarded five-year grant for suicide prevention

Heart cell treatment can benefit patients, shows study

AI-enabled ECG provides a rapid and effective method to screen heart failure

Despite COVID-19 pressures, hospitals are maintaining emergency cardiac services in majority of cases

Study finds increase in comorbidities, mortality risk among hospitalized patients with heart failure

The toll that COVID-19 takes on the heart

Study sheds wider light on the clinical profile of patients with pulmonary hypertension

OU physician receives $1.6 million NIH grant for knee osteoarthritis research

UT Southwestern Medical Center ranks among the top 50 hospitals

Paired surgical approach improves chances for heart transplant in obese patients

Study finds a sharp decline in heart transplants during the pandemic

Study finds increasing rates of preventable hospitalizations among dementia patients

SphingoTec launches point-of-care test for bio-ADM, a biomarker for life threatening endothelial dysfunction

Hypertension drugs are associated with elevated incidence of heart failure

Genetic testing can help make well-informed decisions about heart health

SphingoTec introduces a CE-IVD-marked point-of-care test to determine blood levels of bio-ADM

ESC Congress 2020 to host the biggest online gathering of cardiovascular professionals

Regular exercise key to fighting high blood pressure even in air polluted areas

Novel blood test for heart failure could lead to new diagnostics for COVID-19 patients

Common blood test could advance life-saving treatment for heart failure

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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