Heart Failure

Approximately 6.5 million Americans are prescribed digoxin, a cardiac glycoside with a long, fascinating history.

New late-stage trial data show ivabradine reduces cardiovascular death or hospitalization for worsening chronic heart failure in patients with low systolic blood pressure.

Patients who receive statins soon after acute coronary syndrome are 24% less likely to experience unstable angina after 4 months.

PARADIGM-HF study results offer insight into a new heart failure treatment mechanism, neprilysin inhibition.

Hospitalization rates for heart disease and stroke have dropped significantly over the past decade.

Just 20 or 30 years ago, mention of vitamin supplementation caused many health care professionals to talk about creating "expensive urine." Today, however, vitamin and nutrient supplementation has become an important health care intervention.

Trial finds that spironolactone significantly reduced hospitalization for heart failure in heart failure patients with a preserved ejection fraction but failed to decrease the incidence of the trial's primary composite outcome.

A new review summarizes the natural history of cardiomyopathies presenting with atrial fibrillation and the importance of managing underlying pathologies.

A recent article summarizes current knowledge and discusses challenges related to atrial fibrillation and heart failure.

Heart failure patients who had hyponatremia when hospitalized were more likely to experience complications, but did not have elevated levels of short-term mortality or readmission.

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A new analysis explores the characteristics of patients with permanent versus non-permanent atrial fibrillation, as well as those whose condition is controlled versus uncontrolled.

A new study estimates the costs of treating atrial fibrillation as well as the comparative costs of treating it with warfarin and newer oral anticoagulants.

The results of a recent study identified a relationship between cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline in postmenopausal women.

An overview of "Get with the Guidelines " AFIB," a quality-improvement program created by the American Heart Association for health care providers.

OTC case studies involving vitamin E supplementation, omega-3 fatty acid supplementation, smoking cessation, and weight-loss medication.

Newly released lipid guidelines have introduced a variety of changes in how clinicians determine whether patients should receive statins.

Recommendations regarding OTC products for treatment of chronic dry cough, cold prevention, general symptom relief, and nasal congestion.

Pharmacists working along with other health care providers can help improve outcomes for heart failure patients, according to the results of a pair of studies presented at the Heart Failure Society of America meeting.

Although obesity is a known risk factor for cardiac disease, several recent studies have found that obesity does not seem to be an indicator of premature death.

Heart failure patients younger than 60 years of age who took warfarin experienced significantly fewer adverse events than those who took aspirin, a new study finds.

Middle-aged men who took statins for 5 years had a substantially lower hospitalization rate and reduced health care costs over a 15-year period.

The primary care physician for a 67-year-old female patient with hypertension, dyslipidemia, and chronic non-ischemic systolic heart failure wants to know whether to initiate an antithrombotic agent.

A new study finds that increased access to MTM services for Medicare Part D beneficiaries with chronic conditions could increase medication adherence, reduce costs, and improve outcomes.

A study finds that use of sulfonylureas in the period leading up to an acute coronary syndrome is not associated with increased risk of death or heart failure.

This triple therapy can increase the risk of acute renal failure.

More than half a million Americans die from heart disease each year, but increased attention to its risk factors can help reduce this number.