Novel mRNA blood test can show which heart failure patients will benefit from ICDMTBeuropeA novel blood test for changes in messenger RNA that predict sudden death risk in heart failure patients is set to help physicians decide which patients would ben…
Minneapolis Star TribuneFirst international consensus on cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart …MTBeuropeThe European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) and the US Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) have jointly produced recommendations for the practical m…
Zee NewsHeart-failure spike after Japan earthquakeTheHeart.OrgMunich, Germany- Japanese researchers have reported a striking and prolonged increase in the occurrence of heart failure after the massive earthquake that hit there in March 2011 [1]. A sust…
TopNews New ZealandNovartis' LCZ696 to benefit patients with heart failureExpress PharmaNovartis came out with the results from the phase II Paramount study showing that the investigational compound LCZ696 is the first therapy to significantly redu…
Eplerenone shown to reduce cumulative heart failure hospitalisationsNews-Medical.netPfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced results from a new post-hoc analysis of the EMPHASIS-HF trial showing statistically significant reductions in rates of cumulative hear…
Copeptin estimates prognosis in patients with heart failureNews-Medical.netCopeptin predicts prognosis in patients with heart failure, according to research presented at the ESC Congress today, August 25, by Professor Stefan St-rk from Germany. Increas…
Positive results from CardioKinetix's Parachute device clinical trial on …News-Medical.netCardioKinetix Inc., a medical device company pioneering a catheter-based treatment for heart failure, today announced clinical results showing meaningful an…
Spinal cord stimulation could become novel treatment option for heart failureNews-Medical.netSpinal cord stimulation improves heart function and could become a novel treatment option for heart failure, according to research presented at the ESC Congres…
Insufficient Evidence to Recommend Routine Screening for Chronic Kidney …Science CodexChronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 11 percent of the U.S. population. CKD is associated with advanced age, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease and …
Organ failure killed teen, not poison, court toldABC OnlineIn Darwin, a coronial inquest has begun into the death of a teenager that was originally blamed on arsenic poisoning. Ben Witham, 17, died at an Adelaide hospital in May last year after becomin…