While fluid restriction is typically recommended for patients with chronic heart failure, this randomized clinical trial showed no difference in health status, as assessed by patient-reported outcomes...

Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors reduce the risk of heart-failure admission among high-risk patients. However, most patients with valvular heart disease, including those undergoing...

Podcast Episode · This Week in Cardiology · 14/03/2025 · 28m

Sydney surgeons ‘enormously proud’ after patient in his 40s receives the Australian-designed implant designed as a bridge before donor heart

AbstractBackground and Aims. In the Surgical Treatment for Ischaemic Heart Failure Trial Extension Study (STICHES), coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)

As an extension of an echocardiographic examination, ultrasound can be used to identify intravascular (inferior vena cava diameter dilation, internal jugular vein distension or discontinuous venous re...

AbstractBackground and Aims. Accelerated atrial pacing offers potential benefits for patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) a

Aims Diuretic resistance (DR) in heart failure (HF) is associated with worse outcomes. Furoscix®, a self-administered subcutaneous (sc) furosemide injection administered via on-body infusor, is appr.....

Guideline directed medical therapy for heart failure for older people with frailty may do more harm than good, say Henry Woodford and colleagues The management of heart failure is evolving. Recent c...