Scientists breaking barriers to treating heart failure [Life Science Newswire, February 2022]

Title:

Scientists breaking barriers to treating heart failure

 

Published:

Life Science Newswire, 8 February 2022

https://news.lifesciencenewswire.com/newsroom/scientists-breaking-barriers-to-treating-heart-failure

 

From the article:

Ceryx Medical Limited, together with scientists at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) and the Universities of Bath and Bristol, has developed technology that could radically improve the outlook for patients with serious heart conditions.

 

Heart Failure Doubles Risk of Dying From COVID-19: One expert cautions that data from the pandemic’s first-wave may not reflect the current state of treatment

Title:

Heart Failure Doubles Risk of Dying From COVID-19

 

Author:

L.A. McKeown

 

Published:

tctMD, 30 October 2020

https://www.tctmd.com/news/heart-failure-doubles-risk-dying-covid-19

 

From the article:

Patients with a history of heart failure (HF) who are hospitalized for COVID-19 are nearly twice as likely to die as those without a HF history, according to new data on patients treated as the pandemic rocked New York City.  

 

“When I started this study, I thought yes, they'll be at higher risk for adverse outcomes, but I did not expect for it to be to this degree,” senior author Anuradha Lala, MD (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY), told TCTMD.

See also:

Alvarez-Garcia J, Lee S, Gupta A, et al. Prognostic impact of prior heart failure in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2020;76:2334-2348.