Es menos probable que los afroamericanos reciban unos tratamientos cardiacos que salvan vidas
MIÉRCOLES, 19 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Es frecuente que una persona que tiene una insuficiencia cardiaca avanzada necesite un trasplante de corazón o una bomba cardiaca mecánica para sobrevivir.Pero los pacientes blancos tienen el doble …
Learn MoreBlack Americans Less Likely to Get Lifesaving Heart Treatments
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A person with advanced heart failure may often need a heart transplant or a mechanical heart pump to survive.But white patients are twice as likely as Black patients to get this critically important care, a…
Learn MoreHome-Based Palliative Care for Heart Failure May Cut Risk for Dying in Hospital
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with heart failure, a regionally organized, collaborative, home-based palliative care that involves cardiologists, primary care providers, and palliative care specialists and that uses shared dec…
Learn MoreUn mundo más caliente podría empeorar la insuficiencia cardiaca
JUEVES, 22 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — El cambio climático podría acarrear problemas para las personas con insuficiencia cardiaca, sugiere un estudio reciente.Cuando las temperaturas se dispararon en Francia en 2019, la ola de calor pare…
Learn MoreA Hotter World Can Worsen Heart Failure
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Climate change could spell trouble for those with heart failure, a new study suggests.When the temperatures soared in France during the summer of 2019, the heat wave appears to have worsened the conditions …
Learn MoreSGLT2 Inhibitors Benefit Broad Range of Heart Failure Patients
FRIDAY, Sept. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors cut the risk for cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in patients with heart failure, regardless of ejection fraction, according to a s…
Learn MoreFumar puede realmente debilitar al corazón
VIERNES, 26 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Fumar es incluso peor para su corazón de lo que quizá ya piense, advierte una nueva investigación danesa.”Es bien sabido que fumar provoca bloqueos en las arterias, lo que conduce a la enfermedad cardi…
Learn MoreDapagliflozin Cuts CV Risk in Heart Failure With Preserved LVEF
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction, the sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor dapagliflozin reduces the combined risk for worsening heart failure or c…
Learn MoreAcetazolamide Helps Treat Volume Overload in Heart Failure
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with acute decompensated heart failure, the addition of acetazolamide to loop diuretic therapy yields an increased incidence of successful decongestion, according to a study published online Aug. …
Learn MoreDevice-Measured Physical Activity Tied to Heart Failure Risk
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Device-measured physical activity (PA), especially moderate-intensity PA, is associated with a reduced risk for heart failure, according to a study published online Aug. 29 in Circulation.
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