Heart Failure

Veraprapas Kittipibul, MD, discusses a study examining costs associated with heart failure hospitalization among patients with HFrEF or HFpEF from within the GWTG-HF registry.

The STEP HFpEF DM trial at ACC.24 shows significant improvements in symptoms among patients with obesity-related HFpEF and diabetes mellitus.

Results of EMPACT-MI suggest use of empagliflozin was not associated with a statistically significant reduction in a composite of death and heart failure hospitalization.

A recap of the biggest FDA news and decisions in cardiovascular medicine from the first 3 months of 2024, with commentary on recent announcements by Deepak Bhatt, MD, MPH, MBA.

Iron-deficient patients on an SGLT2 inhibitor at baseline experienced greater increases in hemoglobin levels with ferric derisomaltose compared with those not taking one.

The hospitalization risk was reduced to up to 75% for patients with heart disease treated with both antidepressants and psychotherapy to manage anxiety or depression symptoms.

Eiran Gorodeski, MD, MPH, Parag Goyal, MD, MSc, and James Fang, MD, discuss the HFSA's recent scientific statement on the prevalence and impact of cognitive impairment on the management of heart failure.

Eiran Gorodeski, MD, MPH, discusses a recent scientific statement composed on behalf of the Heart Failure Society of America highlighting the impact of cognitive impairment on patients with heart failure.

Iron deficiency marks more than a comorbidity in heart failure, with adverse manifestations, including anemia and a higher risk of mortality, influencing the clinical trajectory of patients with HFrEF.

Our February 2024 cardiology month in review, recaps FDA news, top data from International Stroke Conference and major journals, and perspectives form a bevy of key opinion leaders in the field on hot topics and news from across the spectrum of cardiovascular medicine.

This 2024 American Heart Month 2024 feature paints a picture describing the current state of cardiology by asking what the most prevalent and important issues facing the specialty are today from the perspective of 9 leading experts.

Ahmad Masri, MD, MS, provides an update on the the development of the cardiac myosin inhibitor class and offers perspective on what the future might hold for the class beyond cardiomyopathy.

Michelle Kittleson, MD, PhD, provides insight into the potential impact of a new risk score for heart transplant allocation as well as the need for more equitable cardiovascular care in the US.

A novel risk score developed by University of Chicago investigators outperformed conventional models in predicting death in heart transplant candidates, which could help bring the field closer to optimal and equitable allocation.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, MPH, discusses the need to improve in-hospital initiation and uptitration of guideline-directed medical therapy in heart failure.

This recap of top cardiology news from January 2024 spotlights pipeline updates, new guidance on peripheral interventions, and a celebration of what may be the single most impactful public health address in the history of the United States.

The FDA's acceptance of the NDA for acoramidis in ATTR-CM was announced on February 05, 2024 and assigns a November 2024 PDUFA for the agent.

Across two large, diverse cohorts, TET2 CHIP was associated with a more than 2-fold higher risk of incident HF with preserved ejection fraction.

A new study found behavioral activation therapy is just as effective as antidepressants for treating depressive symptoms in patients with heart failure, with both treatments having a 50% reduction at months 3, 6, and 12.

Compared to the usual care, patients with HFpEF in the active arms demonstrated less improvement in peakVO2 when they had iron deficiency and lower values of ferritin and transferrin saturation, according to a new study.

An analysis of the RAFT trial showed patients with heart failure treated with CRT-D experienced continued survival benefits during a median of nearly 14 years of follow-up.

A meta-analysis of 14 randomized trials suggests a beneficial effect of intravenous iron on cardiovascular mortality and heart failure readmissions.

Applied Therapeutics announced topline results from ARISE-HF on January 04, 2023 and plans to present full results at an upcoming medical conference.

Our cardiology month in review spotlights our most popular cardiology-centric content from the month of December 2023. The list includes topline data from SEQUOIA-HCM, new data on the impact of structural racism on chronic health conditions, and more!

Post hoc analysis of STRONG-HF trial underscores benefits of higher guideline-directed medical therapy doses in acute heart failure, showing lower rates of death or readmission at 6 months with more rapid uptitration.

On December 27, 2023, Cytokinetics announced positive topline results from the phase 3 SEQUOIA-HCM trial evaluating aficamten in patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Sex-based differences in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy outcomes reveal higher risks for women, including all-cause mortality.

A trial randomizing brain-dead donor hearts to levothyroxine administration or saline has returned results challenging conventional wisdom on the topic, with data indicating thyroid hormone administration may provide no significant benefit.

Ahmad Masri, MD, MS, discusses new acoramidis data from the ATTRibute-CM trial at AHA 2023.