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BioVentrix to Exhibit Revivent™ System, which Surpasses Survival Benefit …
Fort Mills Times BioVentrix, pioneer of the Less Invasive Ventricular Enhancement™ (LIVE™) procedure for the treatment of heart failure (HF), announced today that it will showcase its Revivent™ Myocardial Anchoring System at the European Heart Failure Congress (HFC) … |
Former Calder Race Course president Kenny Noe Jr. dies from heart failureMiamiHerald.comThe official cause of death was listed as heart failure. He was president of the Miami Gardens track now known as Calder Casino & Race Course from 1979 to 1990….
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Mediterranean Diet Good for Chronic Kidney Disease – Medscape
Medscape ISTANBUL, Turkey — A Mediterranean-like diet is associated with better renal function in people with chronic kidney disease. Adherence to the diet was also an independent predictor of mortality, according to new research. The results underscore the … |
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Fluid And Sodium Restriction Pointless For Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients
Medical News Today Aggressive fluid and sodium restriction among patients who’ve been hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) appears to have no effect on weight loss or clinical stability, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Effect of fluid and sodium restrictions on weight loss among patients with …EurekAlert (press release) Cutting Salt, Fluids No Help in Acute HF – MedPage TodayMedPage Today No point to “aggressive” sodium, fluid restriction seen in acute HFTheHeart.Org Healio all 5 news articles » |
WebMD (blog)Insomnia Could Increase Risk of Heart FailureWebMD (blog)Now, new research shows a link between insomnia and heart failure. Nearly 6 million adults in the United States suffer from heart failure, according to the Centers for Disease Control…
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Heart failure underestimated
Toronto NewsFIX If you have heart failure, your heart’s left ventricle (lower chamber) will be less able to pump blood round the body than usual. Doctors call this ability the ejection fraction and use it to assess the functioning of the left ventricle. We know that … |
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Experimental heart failure treatment shows promise
The News International But it has not worked as well for chronic heart failure — where the heart’s pumping ability declines over time, causing fatigue, breathlessness and fluid build-up in the legs. In the United States, close to 6 million adults have heart failure, often … |
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Exercise improves survival in heart failure
Toronto NewsFIX It’s not often that exercise is prescribed for people with heart failure, because doctors have not been convinced that it will do any good. Researchers at Royal Brompton Hospital, London, have reviewed nine trials that involved 801 patients with heart … |
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Type 2 diabetics often harbor undiagnosed heart failure
Family Practice News Digital Network ROME – Unrecognized heart failure is common among older patients with type 2 diabetes, on the basis of a study of 581 Dutch diabetes patients. A comprehensive screening examination and assessment of Dutch patients with type 2 diabetes who were at … |
Treatment of heart failure in adults with thalassemia major: response in …7thSpace Interactive (press release)In 2 patients on DFO monotherapy during the study and in 1 patient on combined therapy during follow up, heart failure deteriorated fatally….