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Heart failure patients, caregivers have unmet care needs
American Heart — Heart failure patients and their family caregivers said not knowing what to expect, being unable to relieve symptoms and a lack of communication with medical staff are the most distressing aspects of having heart failure. Researchers said ...More…
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Heart failure patients may have trouble following ...
American Heart — Heart failure patients may have trouble following low-sodium diets Only one-third of heart failure patients comply with recommended daily sodium intake. Researchers fault eating higher calories; frequent intake of foods with hidden salt such as ...More…
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Abdominal obesity associated with heart failure in ...
American Heart — Abdominal obesity associated with heart failure in Swedish middle-age; older adults DALLAS, April 7, 2009 - A higher waist size was associated with heart failure in women at all levels of body mass index (BMI), and both waist size and BMI were ...More…
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If I had heart failure, whom should I see?
Insider Medicine — I think that it is important for heart failure patients to be seen by a cardiologist, I think that a lot of studies have shown that patients' outcomes are improved if they are seeing a heart specialist. Certainly they can be followed by their ...More…
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New blood test better identifies heart failure patients ...
American Heart — New blood test better identifies heart failure patients in ER NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 11 - A new blood test identifies the sickest heart failure patients better than tests now used in emergency departments, researchers reported at the American ...More…
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Heart failure patients have higher risk of fractures
American Heart — DALLAS, Oct. 21, 2008 - Heart failure patients are at higher risk for fractures, including debilitating hip fractures, than other heart patients and should be screened and treated for osteoporosis, Canadian researchers reported in Circulation: ...More…
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Exercise is safe, improves outcomes for heart failure ...
American Heart — Exercise is safe, improves outcomes for heart failure patients NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 11 -- Exercise training is safe in heart failure patients, does not significantly reduce hospitalization or death, but is associated with several improved ...More…
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Exercise improves quality of life for heart failure patients
American Heart — Exercise improves quality of life for heart failure patients NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 12, 2008- Heart failure patients who participated in exercise training quickly improved their quality of life, and this continued for at least a year, researchers ...More…
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Excess weight, inactivity increase heart failure risk in men
American Heart — Excess weight, inactivity increase heart failure risk in men DALLAS, Dec. 23, 2008 - Staying lean and fit can dramatically lower the risk of heart failure in men, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. In ...More…
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Use of proven heart failure therapy not standardized in ...
American Heart — Use of proven heart failure therapy not standardized in U.S. hospitals DALLAS, Aug. 12 - Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) can help heart failure patients' hearts beat more efficiently and effectively, but the therapy isn't used in U.S. ...More…
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Remote monitoring improves heart failure patients' ...
American Heart — Remote monitoring improves heart failure patients' health, may reduce hospital readmissions BALTIMORE, MD, May 1 - A remote monitoring program can improve the condition of heart failure patients who are mobile and may reduce hospital ...More…
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Heart failure patients may suffer similarly to advanced ...
American Heart — Heart failure patients may suffer similarly to advanced cancer patients BALTIMORE, MD, May 2 -Heart failure outpatients have similar numbers of symptoms and levels of depression and spiritual well-being as patients with advanced lung and ...More…