Congestive Heart Failure Patient Guide

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Congestive Heart Failure Patient Guide

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Congestive heart failure and heart disease. Find out how congestive heart failure is diagnosed and what it is.

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Tags: Heart, Heart Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure, Disease and Condition

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Largest study to date to look at BMC therapy in patients with heart failur - Heart Care Guide

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bloomberg.com — “A U.S. unit of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. failed to give accurate reports to regulators about hundreds of congestive heart failure cases associated with its diabetes drug Actos, a whistle-blower claimed in a lawsuit.View full resource at bloomberg.com

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Telemonitoring System Reduced Readmission Rates, Evaluation Finds - iHealthBeat

ihealthbeat.org — “Geisinger Health Plan's home telemonitoring program helped reduce 30-day hospital readmission rates by 44% among patients with congestive heart failure, according to Geisinger's evaluation of the system. The program uses an interactive voice response system. CMIO et al.View full resource at ihealthbeat.org

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Program Drops Readmissions for CHF Patients to 4% :: Dorland Health

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Medical News: APHA: In CHF, Beta-Blockers Help Avoid Hospitalization - in Meeting Coverage, APHA from MedPage Today

medpagetoday.com — “WASHINGTON -- Medicare patients with congestive heart failure who adhere to beta-blocker therapy are more likely to avoid hospitalizations and to save the Medicare system money, according to data presView full resource at medpagetoday.com

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New Randomized Controlled Clinical Study Of RESPeRATE Published By European Journal Of Heart Failure - QualityPoint Technologies

qualitypointtech.net — “InterCure Ltd., a medical device company publicly traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: INCR), has announced that European Journal of Heart Failure, a peer reviewed medical journal of the European Society of Cardiology, published the results of a 72-patients, randomized, controlled study which demonstrated that device-guided respiratory modulation with RESPeRATE applied at the home setting can significantly relieve symptoms of heart failure in elderly patients. Chronic heart failure (CHF)View full resource at qualitypointtech.net

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European Journal of Heart Failure publishes new randomized controlled clinical study of RESPeRATE

eurekalert.org — “InterCure Ltd., a medical device company publicly traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: INCR), today announced that European Journal of Heart Failure, a peer reviewed medical journal of the European Society of Cardiology, published the results of a 72-patients, randomized, controlled study which demonstrated that device?guided respiratory modulation with RESPeRATE applied at the home setting can significantly relieve symptoms of heart failure in elderly patients.View full resource at eurekalert.org

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Heart drug offers possible treatment for patients facing respiratory failure

eurekalert.org — “Treatment with the calcium-sensitizing drug levosimendan may be effective in improving muscle function in patients with respiratory muscle weakness, which often accompanies chronic diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure, according to researchers in the Netherlands, who studied the effects of the drug on healthy volunteers. The drug, which is normally prescribed in patients with acute heart failure,increases the sensitivity of muscle tissue to calcium,View full resource at eurekalert.org

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Medical News: Small Exercises May Make Big Differences in HF - in Cardiovascular, CHF from MedPage Today

medpagetoday.com — “In a pilot study of six heart failure patients, a program of calf muscle exercises led to improvements in cellular density and oxygen efficiency which improved whole-body exercise capacity without affView full resource at medpagetoday.com

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Medical News: Small Exercises May Make Big Differences in HF - in Cardiovascular, CHF from MedPage Today

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Medical News: Small Exercises May Make Big Differences in HF - in Cardiovascular, CHF from MedPage Today

medpagetoday.com — “In a pilot study of six heart failure patients, a program of calf muscle exercises led to improvements in cellular density and oxygen efficiency which improved whole-body exercise capacity without affView full resource at medpagetoday.com

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Medical News: Heart Failure Deaths Down in U.S. - in Cardiovascular, CHF from MedPage Today

medpagetoday.com — “Death rates in patients hospitalized for congestive heart failure have fallen over the last decade, particularly among the oldest patients, government researchers found.View full resource at medpagetoday.com

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