Risk factors and self-management predictors of activities of daily living in patients with heart failure: A 12-month prospective cohort study.
Impaired activities of daily living (ADL) significantly affect the prognosis and quality of life in patients with heart failure (HF). We aimed to identify the key clinical and self-management predicto...
Differential associations of distinct anthropometric indices with heart failure in adults with MASLD: A cross-sectional study of NHANES 2017 to 2020.
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is closely linked to cardiovascular morbidity, yet it remains unclear which anthropometric indices most effectively capture the burden ...
Patient Perceptions of a Digitally Enabled Community Health Worker Intervention: Qualitative Study Among Pilot Trial Participants.
BACKGROUND: Most studies assessing digital interventions for people with heart failure (HF) focus on clinical outcomes, and few include patient perspectives. Understanding patient experiences of the u...
Palliative Care in Advanced Heart Failure.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Advanced heart failure (HF) is characterized by high symptom burden, poor quality of life (QoL), and recurrent hospitalizations. As survival improves, an increasing proportion of pa...
A systematic review of machine learning algorithms for mortality risk, readmission and phenotype prediction in patients with heart failure: exploring key data sources, input variables and outcomes.
BACKGROUND: Heart failure is not only a prevalent disease with a high mortality rate, but also generates high costs for healthcare systems. By training artificial intelligence (AI) models on medical d...
Smartphone Ownership Among Cardiology Inpatients Pre-COVID-19 and Post-COVID-19 Pandemic: Secondary Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
BACKGROUND: Mobile health (mHealth) interventions are increasing in popularity for the management of heart failure and coronary artery disease. The use of these interventions is dependent on rates of ...
Association Between Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events (PREVENT) Risk Scores and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease: Insights From the Project Baseline Health Study.
BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events risk scores estimate cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, including heart failure (HF) and atherosclerotic CVD...
Positive Psychological Well-Being and Determinants of Social Robot Acceptability Among Patients With Heart Failure: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.
BACKGROUND: Social robots (SRs) are innovative tools in health care, offering both medical and psychological support for patients with heart failure (HF). For successful implementation, patient accept...
Overview of findings from the UK and Ireland National Advanced Heart Failure Audit 2024.
BACKGROUND: Approximately one million individuals live with heart failure in the UK, and clinicians diagnose around 200 000 new cases each year. Although lifesaving treatments such as heart transplant...
EFFICACY OF PERINDOPRIL IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE AND REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION.
BACKGROUND/INTRODUCTION: Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) represents a major global health burden, accounting for approximately half of all heart failure cases and characterized by...
Impact of Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibition Combined with Enteral Nutritional Therapy on Cardiac Performance and Inflammatory Burden in Hemodialysis-Associated Heart Failure: Clinical and Experimental Evidence.
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular complications remain the leading cause of mortality in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), with heart failure (HF) representing a major clinical challenge. B...
[Overall pathophysiological network of sarcopenia secondary to chronic heart failure from perspectives of modern medicine and TCM].
Sarcopenia is a common and serious complication of chronic heart failure(CHF), with the two conditions forming a vicious cycle. However, the systemic pathological network underlying sarcopenia seconda...
Intracoronary stem cell transplant in ischemic heart disease: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.
OBJECTIVE: Ischemic heart disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. In this study, we assessed the efficacy of intracoronary stem cell transplantation on left ventricular function (LVEF) ...
Functional Aerobic Capacity and Quality of Life in Patients with Heart Failure by Body Mass Index Category and Different Body Mass Index.
OBJECTIVE: Improved survival has been described in obese patients with heart failure (HF). However, whether this survival advantage is accompanied by better functional status has not been investigated...
Activation of the nucleus nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2ghrelin/growth hormone secretagogue receptor 1a signaling by Yueju pill confers cardioprotective and antidepressant effects.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy and mechanistic foundations of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Yueju pill (YJP, ) for treating the complex comorbidity of heart failure and depression. METHODS:...
Extending the PREVENT Equations with Cardiac MRI: Prediction of 10-year Heart Failure Risk.
Background Accurate prediction of heart failure (HF) risk is crucial for early intervention and prevention. Traditional models rely on clinical risk factors, whereas cardiac MRI parameters may offer a...
Strategic decision-making for redo cardiac surgical patients with biventricular heart failure - description of a surgical technique.
BACKGROUND: Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) play a critical role in managing end-stage heart failure (HF), serving as a bridge to transplantation (BTT) or as destination therapy (DT). Patients...
A Clinical Prediction Model for Selective NT-proBNP Testing in Hypertension.
N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) testing is recommended for pre-heart failure (pre-HF) screening. However, universal NT-proBNP testing is infeasible and inefficient. We analyzed d...
Diuretic Intensity Score and Mortality in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients: A Multicenter Propensity-Matched Analysis.
AIMS: To develop and evaluate a novel Diuretic Intensity Score (DIS) and investigate its relationship with mortality in hospitalized heart failure patients. METHODS: We analyzed propensity-matched dat...
Iron deficiency and risk of acute kidney injury after TAVI: a machine learning analysis.
BACKGROUND: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become the preferred therapeutic option for patients with severe aortic stenosis (SAS) at high or intermediate surgical risk. Despite its...