Search Tag: congestive heart failure
2024 30 Jul
Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) who have impaired blood supply are at a higher risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), with an estimated incidence of up to 22%. Current clinical guidelines recommend implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) to reduce this risk. However, these guidelines are based on studies that did not include individuals...Read more
2024 17 Aug
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2020 05 Jun
Online patient portals help healthcare providers to reduce the time patients spend in the facility and to cut medical costs, a new study shows. You might also like: Patient responsibility for following up on test results The study , conducted by The University of Texas at Austin and published in June 2020 issue of MIS Quarterly...Read more
2016 09 Aug
A new study suggests that patients who have heart attacks or flareups of CHF fare worse in hospitals that rely on intensive care units to care for such patients. The findings are published in CHEST . Findings show that these patients may be half as likely to get proven tests and treatments and are less likely to survive a month after hospital stay....Read more
2015 18 Sep
According to new research presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Stockholm, diabetic women are more at risk than diabetic men of having a heart attack and other complications as they age. Previous research also shows that diabetic women have a greater risk of cardiovascular events as compared to diabetic...Read more