12Mar/13

Combination Therapy for Heart Failure Does Not Reduce Risk of CV Death or … – Science Daily (press release)

Organ Failure

Times LIVE

Combination Therapy for Heart Failure Does Not Reduce Risk of CV Death or …
Science Daily (press release)
Mar. 11, 2013 — Among patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF) with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF; a measure of how well the left ventricle of the heart pumps with each contraction), initiation of the medication aliskiren in …
Erectile dysfunction drug fails for diastolic heart failure patientsEurekAlert (press release)
Viagra, Aliskiren Not Helpful for Heart Failure After All: StudiesiVillage Entertainment
Viagra ‘not helpful for heart failure patients’Newstrack India
Medical Xpress –Times LIVE –MedPage Today
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12Mar/13

Tool Aims To Eliminate 30-Day Readmissions for Heart Failure Patients – iHealthBeat

Organ Failure

Bioscience Technology

Tool Aims To Eliminate 30-Day Readmissions for Heart Failure Patients
iHealthBeat
Researchers at the Intermountain Heart Institute have developed a tool that aims to eliminate 30-day hospital readmissions for heart failure patients in part by adding specific information to patients’ electronic health records, Healthcare IT News reports.
Intermountain Develops Tool to Prevent Heart Failure ReadmissionsBecker’s Hospital Review

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12Mar/13

Cardiac Biomarker ST2 Identifies Chronic Heart Failure Patients To Benefit … – PharmaLive (press release) (subscription)

Organ Failure

Cardiac Biomarker ST2 Identifies Chronic Heart Failure Patients To Benefit …
PharmaLive (press release) (subscription)
“ST2 is unlike any biomarker in heart failure because of its enduring prognostic strength, but now, as evidenced by the encouraging results from this study, ST2 holds the final link in potentially improving outcomes for heart failure patients through …

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12Mar/13

Anemia drugs does not improve health of anemic heart failure patients – EurekAlert (press release)

Organ Failure

Health Newstrack

Anemia drugs does not improve health of anemic heart failure patients
EurekAlert (press release)
Researchers from Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have found that a commonly used drug to treat anemia in heart failure patients does not improve patients’ health, nor does it reduce their risk of death from heart failure. Results …
ACC: Anemia Drug No Help in Heart FailureMedPage Today
Anemia treatment not beneficial in heart failureFamily Practice News Digital Network
ACC: Darbepoetin Alfa Doesn’t Up Outcome in Heart FailureDoctors Lounge
Forbes
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12Mar/13

Erectile dysfunction drug fails for diastolic heart failure patients – Science Codex

Organ Failure

RedOrbit

Erectile dysfunction drug fails for diastolic heart failure patients
Science Codex
SAN FRANCISCO (March 11, 2013) — Despite high expectations for a commonly used erectile dysfunction drug to treat patients with diastolic heart failure, no beneficial effects were found in a study presented today at the American College of Cardiology …
ASTRONAUT trial finds no beneficial effects of aliskiren in recently …News-Medical.net
Viagra No Help in Heart FailureMedPage Today
Sildenafil falls short for heart failure with preserved ejection fractionFamily Practice News Digital Network
RedOrbit –French Tribune –Doctors Lounge
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12Mar/13

No benefit found from BP drug in treatment of recently hospitalized heart … – Medical Xpress

Organ Failure

No benefit found from BP drug in treatment of recently hospitalized heart …
Medical Xpress
Despite high hopes that a blood pressure-lowering medication called aliskiren would help people following hospitalization for heart failure, no beneficial effects were found, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology’s …
Combination therapy for heart failure does not reduce risk of CV death or …EurekAlert (press release)
Direct renin inhibitor aliskiren flops as add-on therapy in systolic HF: ASTRONAUTTheHeart.Org
ASTRONAUT Study: No Significant Post-Discharge Mortality Benefit Seen with …Monthly Prescribing Reference

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12Mar/13

Erectile dysfunction drug fails for diastolic heart failure patients – EurekAlert (press release)

Organ Failure

Zee News

Erectile dysfunction drug fails for diastolic heart failure patients
EurekAlert (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO (March 11, 2013) — Despite high expectations for a commonly used erectile dysfunction drug to treat patients with diastolic heart failure, no beneficial effects were found in a study presented today at the American College of Cardiology …
Viagra `not helpful for heart failure patients`Zee News
Viagra is no help against heart failure: studyTimes LIVE
Viagra, Aliskiren Not Helpful for Heart Failure After All: StudiesHealth.com
Medical Xpress –RedOrbit –MedPage Today
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