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Studies Suggest Rate Control Equal To Rhythm Control In Some AF Patients
Both rate control and rhythm control are reasonable goals in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), according to two new studies that indicate rate and rhythm are at least equal in efficacy. more
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Shock Implants Better Than Drugs Alone At Preventing Heart-Rhythm Death After Heart Attack
About a tenth of heart attack patients left with poor heart function will die of heart-rhythm abnormalities within two years, despite the best available drug therapy. Whether survival can be improved by the addition of an implantable defibrillator, a small device that uses shocks or other tactics to correct abnormal rhythms, has long been an unanswered question—until now. more
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“Definitive” Trial Tests Novel Vasodilator In Patients With Heart Failure
A pair of large, randomized international trials should decide whether a new class of artery-dilating drugs has a future as added therapy in patients with heart failure who are already on standard medications. more
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Patients Who Can Benefit Most From Heart-Pump Implants May Be Identifiable
Hospitals are seeing rising numbers of patients incapacitated by very severe or “end-stage” heart failure. With demand for heart transplants far outstripping the supply of donor hearts, implantable devices that help weakened hearts pump blood have been proposed as a long-term answer. A study has determined that it is possible to identify which patients with very severe heart failure will most benefit from such implants, which are called left ventricular assist devices, or LVADs. more
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Bedside Test Is The Fastest Yet At The Emergency Diagnosis Of Heart Failure
Shortness of breath is the primary symptom for more than two-thirds of patients who present to emergency departments, but identifying the cause can be difficult and time-consuming. Now a simple, bedside blood test has proven fast and highly accurate at singling out acute heart failure as the source. more
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