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COVID-19 and Higher Mortality in Acute Heart Failure Patients
2021 20 Jan
Patients with acute heart failure nearly double their risk of dying if they get COVID-19, according to new research published in ESC Heart Failure . These findings highlight the need for patients with heart failure to take extra precautions to avoid catching COVID-19. According to lead investigator, Dr. Amardeep Dastidar, a consultant interventional... Read more
Study supports biomarker assay for ER heart failure diagnosis
2018 27 Mar
A multicentre study supports the value of a biomarker to accurately diagnose or rule out acute heart failure in patients seen for shortness of breath at hospital emergency departments. Its findings, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, also validate the use of age-adjusted thresholds of the protein NT-proBNP to diagnose heart... Read more
Heart Failure 2017
2017 29 Apr
Heart failure: rendez-vous with the future Heart Failure is the annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC, established as the world's leading congress for experts in cardiology to discuss strategies for a universal approach towards prevention and the treatment of heart failure. Read more
Sepsis Clinical Trials - Can Do Better?
2016 05 Apr
Mortality from sepsis remains high, and results of clinical trials have been disappointing. Changing trials design has the potential to improve treatment, according to leading experts in sepsis and acute heart failure. The results of their discussions, which were facilitated by the European Drug Development , are published in the Journal of Intensive... Read more
First European Advice Published for Acute Heart Failure
2016 22 Feb
Advice for emergency care for patients with acute heart failure was published for the first time in the European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care. Despite the fact that acute heart failure is associated with a high risk of death, effective care guidelines lag behind nearly 30 years. Only half of patients who are discharged with acute heart... Read more
Heart Failure 2016
2016 21 May
Heart Failure is the annual congress of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC, established as the world's leading heart failure congress , where strategies for a universal approach in the prevention and treatment of heart failure are made. Following two successful editions in Athens and Seville, Heart Failure 2016 will present the 3rd World Congress... Read more
Time of Essence in Acute Heart Failure
2015 22 May
In joint recommendations published in the European Heart Journal, urgent diagnosis and treatment in acute heart failure is critical. The paper is the result of collaboration between the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the European Society for Emergency Medicine and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine... Read more
Blood Sugar Levels Can Predict Risk of Early Death
2015 09 Jan
According to new evidence, checking the blood sugar levels of people who arrive at hospital emergency departments with acute heart failure could play an important role in identifying patients who are at high risk of early death, further hospitalisations or the development of other health problems such as diabetes. The study has been published... Read more