Dietary sodium content, mortality, and risk for cardiovascular events in older adults: The health, aging, and body composition (Health ABC) study JAMA Internal Medicine, 02/11/2015 Clinical Article Kalogeropoulos AP, et al. – In this study, authors want to examine the association between dietary sodium intake and mortality, incident cardiovascular disease (CVD), and incident heart failure […]
Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol is linked to reduced risk of heart failure, large study finds Date: January 20, 2015 Source: European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Summary: Evidence already exists for the beneficial effects of drinking moderate amounts of alcohol on the risk of developing a number of heart conditions; however, the role it plays […]
January 09, 2015 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Women in the Swedish Mammography Cohort (N = 27,895) were evaluated to identify 2402 first events of heart failure, with an average follow-up time of 13 years (369,207 person-years). Moderate to high levels of total physical activity were correlated with a reduced risk for development of heart failure. Walking or […]
JACC Heart Fail. 2014 Dec;2(6):641-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2014.06.008. Epub 2014 Oct 1. The effect of coenzyme Q10 on morbidity and mortality in chronic heart failure: results from Q-SYMBIO: a randomized double-blind trial. Mortensen SA, Rosenfeldt F, Kumar A, Dolliner P, Filipiak KJ, Pella D, Alehagen U, Steurer G, Littarru GP; Q-SYMBIO Study Investigators. Abstract OBJECTIVES: This […]
November 26, 2014 JACC: Heart Failure TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors examined the correlation between ankle–brachial index (ABI) and risk for heart failure (HF) in a large retrospective study involving 13,150 patients (free of HF at baseline) followed up over a period of 17 years. Compared with patients with an ABI of 1.01 to 1.40, those […]
Cardiovascular effects of high-intensity interval aerobic training combined with strength exercise in patients with chronic heart failure. A randomized phase III clinical trial International Journal of Cardiology, 11/17/2014 Clinical Article Chrysohoou C, et al. – Aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of high–intensity interval exercise, on left ventricular function and aortic elastic […]
November 04, 2014 Frontline Medical News LAS VEGAS (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS)– Not smoking, maintaining a normal body weight, exercising regularly, and eating a healthy diet would avert roughly 40% of all cases of heart failure, Dr. Luc Djousse asserted at the annual meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America. “Those four simple lifestyle changes […]
Video at MedPageToday as well. Published: Oct 28, 2014 | Updated: Oct 29, 2014 By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Note that this cohort study demonstrated an association between baseline trimethylamine-N-oxide levels and subsequent mortality among patients with heart failure. Be aware that dietary histories were not obtained from the patients […]
Published: May 16, 2013 | Updated: May 16, 2013 By Chris Kaiser , Cardiology Editor, MedPage Today Action Points These studies were published as abstracts and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. A sustained improvement in fitness level reduces the risk of heart […]
European Journal of Heart Failure, 10/17/2014 Clinical Article Petrone AB, et al. – The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that chocolate consumption is associated with a lower risk of heart failure (HF). The data suggest that moderate consumption of chocolate might be associated with a lower risk of HF in male […]
RESEARCH · September 01, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors followed more than 5 million participants with no history of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or heart failure (HF) at baseline to analyze the rate of IBD, HF, and hospitalization. Of 23,681 participants who developed IBD, 553 were hospitalized for HF, and there was a 37% increase […]
Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Jul 23. pii: ajcn.082602. [Epub ahead of print] Cardiovascular disease and vitamin D supplementation: trial analysis, systematic review, and meta-analysis. Ford JA1, MacLennan GS1, Avenell A1, Bolland M1, Grey A1, Witham M1; for the RECORD Trial Group. Abstract BACKGROUND: Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D status has been associated with increased cardiovascular events […]
MedPageToday Cardiovascular Published: Jul 10, 2014 By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Story Source Action Points Note that this observational cohort study demonstrated an association between lower bone mineral density in the heel and incident heart failure. Be aware that calcaneal ultrasound is not the standard tool for diagnosing osteoporosis; DXA scanning or, […]
PracticeUpdate.com Peter Libby MD In a recent article published in the European Journal of Heart Failure, Dr. Usman Khalid and colleagues interrogated the national database of Denmark to probe the link between psoriasis and the risk for heart failure.1 They followed a cohort for 14 years and identified psoriasis diagnoses by identifying individuals who received prescriptions for topical vitamin […]
Published: Jun 13, 2014 By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Story Source Eating too much processed red meat — including sausages and deli meats — might increase the risk of heart failure and of dying from the disease, a study of Swedish men showed. Compared with men who ate less than 25 grams […]
Kaluza J1, Akesson A2, Wolk A2. Circ Heart Fail. 2014 Jul;7(4):552-7. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.113.000921. Epub 2014 Jun 12. Abstract BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies of red meat consumption in relation to risk of heart failure (HF) are scarce. We examined the associations of unprocessed and processed red meat consumption with HF incidence and mortality in men. METHODS AND […]
Tthe Ex-DHF-P trial Nolte K Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2014 Mar 13. [Epub ahead of print] Despite suffering from poor prognosis, progressive exercise intolerance, and impaired quality of life (QoL), effective therapeutic strategies in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) are sparse. Exercise training (ET) improves physical QoL in HFpEF, but the effects on […]
Effects of six months of vitamin D supplementation in patients with heart failure: A randomized double-blind controlled trial A. Dalbeni Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2014 Mar 5. pii: S0939-4753(14)00086-6. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2014.02.015. [Epub ahead of print] Summary: In a small, parallel group, double-blind, randomized study involving 23 chronic heart failure patients (mean age: 74 years) with […]
James J. DiNicolantonio, PharmD Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute 4401 Wornall Road 600 Kansas City, MO 64111 (607) 738-8853 jjdinicol@gmail.com “Thiamine Supplementation for the Treatment of Heart Failure: A Review of The Literature,” Congest Heart Fail, 2013 Jul-Aug;19(4):214-22. 30309 (3/2014) Kirk Hamilton: Can you please share with us your educational background and current position? […]
Published: Jun 7, 2013 By Chris Kaiser , Cardiology Editor, MedPage Today Action Points Note that this randomized controlled trial performed in China demonstrated a beneficial effect of a Chinese herbal medicine, qiangxin, on NT-pro BNP levels in patients with heart failure. Be aware that the capsules are a mix of 11 herbs; the active […]