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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.

Global burden of heart failure: prevalence, incidence, and risk factors unveiled

Review provides a comprehensive overview of the global burden of heart failure, highlighting variations in prevalence, incidence, risk factors, and outcomes across different geographical regions and populations.

30 Jun 2024

New study reveals rare genetic variants significantly increase atrial fibrillation risk

Researchers identified rare genetic variants that significantly increase the risk of atrial fibrillation, enhancing AF risk stratification by combining these with polygenic risk scores.

28 Jun 2024

Study uncovers role of Y chromosome loss in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis

Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University (BU) Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, in collaboration with an international team of scientists, shared findings from a new study published in the American Heart Association journal, Circulation: Heart Failure that explores a common cause of heart disease in older men called transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA).

27 Jun 2024

Review finds no proven clinical benefit to strict salt restriction for patients with heart failure

For decades, it's been thought that people with heart failure should drastically reduce their dietary salt intake, but some studies have suggested that salt restriction could be harmful for these patients.

26 Jun 2024

Study finds women lost more of their body weight on average with semaglutide than men

Researchers performed a secondary analysis of the semaglutide treatment effect in people with obesity and heart failure with a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction program that included individuals with diabetes mellitus, stratified by biological sex.

26 Jun 2024

Semaglutide reduces heart risks in overweight and obese individuals without diabetes

The SELECT trial found that semaglutide significantly reduces cardiovascular events in individuals with overweight or obesity and preexisting cardiovascular disease, regardless of baseline HbA1c or changes in HbA1c levels.

26 Jun 2024

AI-powered wristband or fingertip clip may revolutionize sleep apnea diagnosis

West Virginia University researchers will put a sleep apnea detection device at the fingertips or wrists of patients facilitating early diagnosis and treatment of the disease with support from a National Science Foundation grant.

26 Jun 2024

Semaglutide proves a game-changer for kidney and heart health in diabetes patients

The FLOW trial demonstrated that semaglutide significantly improves kidney and cardiovascular outcomes in people with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, irrespective of SGLT2 inhibitor use.

25 Jun 2024

Beyond genes, new research explores mechanics and calcium signaling

Using animals to study heart disease doesn't always translate well to human health outcomes, and human heart cells available for research don't work outside the human body.

25 Jun 2024

Semaglutide provides double benefit for women with heart failure

Semaglutide, a medication initially developed for type 2 diabetes and obesity, significantly improves symptoms in men and women with a common type of heart failure that has had few therapeutic options.

24 Jun 2024

Perinatal depression may increase cardiovascular disease risk

Women with perinatal depression have a 36% higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, particularly hypertensive disease, ischemic heart disease, and heart failure, as shown in a Swedish nationwide study.

23 Jun 2024

Novo Nordisk presents key findings from semaglutide trials at ADA scientific sessions 2024

Novo Nordisk today announced the presentation of 34 abstracts highlighting the breadth of its portfolio at the upcoming 84th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

22 Jun 2024

Integrated cellular map of heart cells unlocks cardiac fibrosis process

Scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in Australia have produced a first of its kind integrated map of heart cells which unlocks the process of cardiac fibrosis – a major cause of heart failure.

21 Jun 2024

Bariatric surgery lowers heart risks and death rates in obese patients with sleep apnea

A Cleveland Clinic study shows that bariatric surgery performed in patients with obesity and moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea is associated with a significantly lower risk of death and major adverse cardiovascular events, compared with patients who did not have the surgery.

21 Jun 2024

New challenges in cancer care: cardiovascular disease and environmental factors

Preclinical and epidemiologic evidence linking air pollution to cardio-oncology.

21 Jun 2024

Perinatal depression linked to higher long-term cardiovascular disease risk in women

Women diagnosed with perinatal depression are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease in the following 20 years compared to women who have given birth without experiencing perinatal depression, according to research published in the European Heart Journal today (Wednesday).

19 Jun 2024

Computational model offers insight into the risks of space flight for people with heart failure

Space exploration has always captivated our imagination, offering the promise of discovering new worlds and pushing the boundaries of human capability.

19 Jun 2024

Mental well-being crucial for healthy aging, new study reveals

A study in Nature Human Behavior found that mental well-being has a causal effect on healthy aging, independent of socioeconomic status, with better mental health linked to improved aging outcomes.

18 Jun 2024

GPT-4 enhances clinical trial screening accuracy and cuts costs

Researchers evaluated the RECTIFIER system, a RAG-enabled GPT-4, which showed high accuracy and efficiency in screening clinical trial participants for heart failure, outperforming traditional methods in certain aspects.

18 Jun 2024

JACC report card reveals the persistent and tragic inequities in cardiovascular care

As we commemorate Juneteenth 2024, JACC, the flagship journal of the American College of Cardiology, has published "Excess Cardiovascular Mortality Among Black Americans 2000-2022: A Report Card," to highlight the persistent and tragic inequities in cardiovascular care and put in human terms the years of life lost to the Black community because of their higher cardiovascular disease death rates.

18 Jun 2024

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Global burden of heart failure: prevalence, incidence, and risk factors unveiled

New study reveals rare genetic variants significantly increase atrial fibrillation risk

Study uncovers role of Y chromosome loss in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis

Review finds no proven clinical benefit to strict salt restriction for patients with heart failure

Study finds women lost more of their body weight on average with semaglutide than men

Semaglutide reduces heart risks in overweight and obese individuals without diabetes

AI-powered wristband or fingertip clip may revolutionize sleep apnea diagnosis

Semaglutide proves a game-changer for kidney and heart health in diabetes patients

Beyond genes, new research explores mechanics and calcium signaling

Semaglutide provides double benefit for women with heart failure

Perinatal depression may increase cardiovascular disease risk

Novo Nordisk presents key findings from semaglutide trials at ADA scientific sessions 2024

Integrated cellular map of heart cells unlocks cardiac fibrosis process

Bariatric surgery lowers heart risks and death rates in obese patients with sleep apnea

New challenges in cancer care: cardiovascular disease and environmental factors

Perinatal depression linked to higher long-term cardiovascular disease risk in women

Computational model offers insight into the risks of space flight for people with heart failure

Mental well-being crucial for healthy aging, new study reveals

GPT-4 enhances clinical trial screening accuracy and cuts costs

JACC report card reveals the persistent and tragic inequities in cardiovascular care

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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