Articles Tagged With: heart
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Cardiac Xenotransplantation Could Fill the Organ Donor Gap, But Is It Ethical?
There are not enough organs for heart failure patients who need them, and cardiac xenotransplantation is one potential, albeit controversial, solution.
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Cardiology Groups Standardize COVID-19 Diagnosis, Treatment Definitions
Guide provides clinicians with uniform information on symptom recognition, risk factors, testing, and more.
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Heart Health and Cognitive Decline: Who Fares Better?
More middle-age men might be living with various cardiovascular risk factors and diseases, but the associated negative effects on cognition could be worse for women of the same age with the same conditions.
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What’s the Best Way to Fix ‘Leaky’ Heart Valves?
Researchers scrutinized common surgical techniques.
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Pharmacological Therapies in HFrEF: Is Quadruple Therapy a New Standard of Care?
Approximately 50% of patients with heart failure have heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). HFrEF morbidity and mortality are altered favorably with the use of guideline-directed medical therapy. Multiple drug therapies have informed evidence-based therapies for the treatment of HFrEF.
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American Heart Association Acknowledges Psychological, Heart Health Connections
The authors of a scientific statement call for psychological health screening and treatment to be a part of caring for patients at risk for cardiovascular disease.
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Diagnosis and Management of Supraventricular Tachycardia
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) usually presents to the emergency department as a result of a combination of symptoms, including palpitations, dyspnea, and chest pain. Less frequent symptoms include lightheadedness, near-syncope, or syncope due to reduced cerebral perfusion. Accurate diagnosis of SVT guides acute treatment. Although many doctors are good at pattern recognition on electrocardiograms (ECGs), having a methodical approach to think through SVT is extremely helpful.
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Diagnosis and Management of Supraventricular Tachycardia
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a common medical condition. Diagnosis and treatment often occur simultaneously. To a great degree, long-term treatment options depend on the history of symptoms and the patient’s desire, rather than on the specific type of SVT.
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Nuts and Heart Health
This long-term, prospective study looks at changes in quantity of nut consumption and relative risk of cardiovascular disease and finds significantly lower risk when nut consumption increases by > 0.5 servings daily.
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Hospital’s Transitional Care Programs Help Heart Failure Patients Stay Healthier
Hospitals that focus on collaboration between case management and transitional care clinics for people with congestive heart failure are finding positive outcomes in their patients’ health and 30-day readmissions.