Risk Factors for 60-Day Rehospitalization Among Home Healthcare Patients With Heart Failure and Diabetes.
Heart failure (HF) is a complex chronic disease with multiple comorbidities, including diabetes. Patients with diabetes are at an increased risk of developing HF-a major adverse cardiovascular outcome...
Diabetic Retinopathy Severity and Heart Failure Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
BACKGROUND: The precise link between diabetic retinopathy and incident heart failure remains unclear, largely limited by a lack of echocardiographic data. This study evaluated how the clinical severit...
Association of Frailty and Its Trajectories With the Risk of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome Progression: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.
AIMS: Frailty reflects a decline in physiological reserve and has been widely recognized as an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the relationships between frailty and th...
Exercise performance in patients with heart failure and impaired iron transport: a single-centre retrospective study.
OBJECTIVES: Iron deficiency (ID) is frequent in heart failure (HF). Among patients with HF and ID, those with impaired iron transport (IIT) (transferrin saturation (TSAT) <20%) have the worst ID pheno...
Trends in Initial Cardiac Function, Treatment, and Outcomes in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy.
BACKGROUND: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare disease that causes heart failure during pregnancy or in the early postpartum period, and there were no reports on the trend of clinical conditio...
Remote person-centred care and long-term medication management in primary care: post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial.
OBJECTIVES: To explore refill adherence to prescribed treatment for chronic heart failure (CHF) and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), during and after a remote person-centred care (PCC)...
Association of On-admission Serum Uric Acid Level with Short Term Outcome of Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
In chronic heart failure (CHF), serum uric acid (SUA) levels rise primarily due to increased production, partially due to decreased excretion, or both elevated uric acid levels are a sign of developin...
Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction-Like Phenotype in Coronary Artery Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Insights From the RICCADSA Cohort.
BACKGROUND: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is closely linked to aging and cardiometabolic risk factors and frequently coexists with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We aimed to i...
Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome stage modifies the efficacy of intensive blood pressure control on cognitive outcomes: A post hoc analysis of SPRINT MIND.
INTRODUCTION: Whether cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome stage modifies cognitive benefits of intensive blood pressure (BP) control remains unclear. METHODS: This post hoc analysis of Sys...
Empowering Patients with Heart Failure Through Health Coaching: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
BACKGROUND: Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a complex and often progressive condition, requiring ongoing self-management and lifestyle adjustments. Empowerment, which refers to a person's ability to ov...
Challenges of heart failure treatment in patients with chronic kidney disease: A call to action.
Heart failure (HF) is one of the most common and consequential conditions encountered in clinical practice. It frequently coexists with chronic kidney disease (CKD), a highly prevalent and economicall...
A Randomized Trial of Interval Likelihood Ratios for Clinical Decision-Making.
BACKGROUND: Dichotomized reporting of diagnostic test results may oversimplify test characteristics. Interval likelihood ratios (ILRs), test characteristics across a range of values, offer a nuanced a...
Macrophage Plasticity and Immune Remodeling in Ischemic Heart Failure.
Macrophages, as central effectors of innate immunity, play context-specific and time-dependent roles in myocardial infarction (MI) and in the pathogenesis of ischemic heart failure (HF). Their plastic...
The Interplay of Heart Failure and Pulmonary Embolism: A Comprehensive Review.
Heart failure (HF) is strongly associated with venous thromboembolism (VTE) through mechanisms of hypercoagulability, venous stasis, and endothelial dysfunction. Patients with HF who develop pulmonary...
Etiology, Management, and Outcomes of Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients: A Single-Center Study.
OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical characteristics, etiologies, management patterns, and outcomes of hospitalized heart failure patients in a tertiary care military hospital in United Arab Emirates ...
Social Frailty in Heart Failure: A Scoping Review of Prevalence, Impact and Critical Knowledge Gaps.
BACKGROUND: Social frailty is increasingly recognised among people living with heart failure and is linked to a range of clinical and psychosocial risk factors, with significant implications for healt...
Facilitators and barriers to home eating behaviors in patients with heart failure: A qualitative descriptive study comparing patient and healthcare expert perspectives.
AIM: To identify facilitators and barriers to home eating behaviors related to dietary management in patients with heart failure (HF) by comparing patient narratives and healthcare expert (HCE) perspe...
Longer Baseline Left Ventricular Activation Time Is Associated With Lower Mortality and Lower Risk of Heart Failure Hospitalization in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Recipients.
INTRODUCTION: Many patients do not benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) with current guideline parameters. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between left vent...
Sex differences in cardiovascular‑kidney‑metabolic syndrome: From pathogenesis to treatment response (Review).
Cardiovascular‑kidney‑metabolic (CKM) syndrome is an emerging clinical construct that emphasizes the intertwined pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and metabolic disord...
The Role of Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in Pulmonary Embolism: A Comprehensive Review.
Pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a leading cause of cardiovascular mortality, particularly in its high-risk and intermediate-high risk presentations where acute right ventricular (RV) failure is the pr...