New York Daily NewsDaily Checkup: Risk factors of leaky mitral valveNew York Daily NewsWhile minor mitral valve regurgitation is relatively harmless, severe regurgitation can lead to heart failure if left untreated. Unlike most heart disease, mitral va…

New scheme to help heart failure patientsIrish HealthA new pilot programme aimed at assisting patients suffering from heart failure has been launched by VHI Healthcare. The programme is available to VHI customers in Dublin who have been admitted to hos…

Researchers solve puzzle of proteins linked to heart failureUniversity of BristolSudden cardiac death is a risk for patients with heart failure because the calcium inside their heart cells is not properly controlled and this can lead to an irregular he…

How our BNP testing service saved £270000 in a yearPulseBy Dr Richard Blakey | 22 Feb 2012 In East Sussex we have a very elderly population and a high prevalence of recognised heart failure, but we expect that true prevalence is even higher. For years…

Combined use of recommended heart failure therapies significantly boosts …Medical Xpress(Medical Xpress) — A UCLA-led study has found that a combination of several key guideline-recommended therapies for heart failure treatment resulted in an improv…

Heart Failure Program Reduces Readmissions Down to 3%Becker’s Hospital ReviewA new heart failure program at Mary Lanning Memorial Healthcare in Hastings, Neb., helped dramatically reduce heart failure readmission rates, according to a KHASTV report. Un…

Cytokinetics Announces Initiation of Phase I Clinical Trial of Oral …MarketWatch (press release)An intravenous formulation of omecamtiv mecarbil, a novel cardiac muscle myosin activator, is currently being evaluated in the ATOMIC-AHF (A Trial of Omec…

New program decreases heart failure readmissionsKHAS-TVby Jordan Shefte It's a common occurrence for heart patients: being readmitted into the hospital for heart failure. But Mary Lanning Memorial Healthcare has a new program that is changing that …

Biomarkers Identify Acute Kidney Injury in Emergency PatientsRenal and Urology NewsIn an international study of 1635 emergency-department patients, urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) was the most useful of five urinary biomarker…

SGGPCity doctors save young girl with dengue fever, organ failureSGGPThe Children Hospital No.1 in Ho Chi Minh City on February 19 announced that doctors at the hospital had been successful in saving a child patient suffering from a severe attack of de…