Sentences with phrase «group of heart failure patients»

In a related editorial comment, Paolo Boffetta, M.D., M.P.H., associate director for population sciences at The Tisch Cancer Institute and chief of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control of the at Mount Sinai in New York, addressed whether the increased risk of cancer in this group of heart failure patients warranted additional screening beyond what was recommended for the general public.

Not exact matches

«Among both groups, patients taking Entresto had a 20 % or greater reduction in cardiovascular death or heart failure hospitalization compared to those taking enalapril,» Novartis said in a statement, citing conclusions based on analysis of data from the PARADIGM - HF study.

I chose cardiology, and specifically heart failure, because I wanted to work in a subspecialty where I could care for a group of patients over time, in my case patients with chronic heart disease.

- The results are also significant in that the group included different kinds of patients, some of whom had heart failure, coronary disease, and ventricular extrasystole at the same time.

They found that patients from this group who required admission to intensive or critical care units after surgery were more likely to have a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, or suffering blood loss of more than 1,000 milliliters during surgery or requiring vasopressors (medications that raise low blood pressure) during surgery.

This group of researchers previously looked at increased risk of cancer among heart failure patients and showed a 70 percent increase in risk.

Looking at the components of the primary outcome separately, only hospitalizations, specifically for heart failure, had a significantly lower incidence for those taking spironolactone compared to placebo, with 206 patients (12.0 percent) in the spironolactone group undergoing hospitalization versus 245 patients (14.2 percent) in the placebo group.

Hospitalized heart failure patients in all age groups within the study and with all levels of ejection fraction had significantly lower rates of survival after five years and a higher risk of re-hospitalization than people in the United States without heart failure.

After an average follow - up time of 43 months, 105 patients or 17 percent in the DEFER group and 109 or 18 percent in the standard treatment group met the primary endpoint, a composite of death from any cause, hospitalization for heart failure, a second heart attack, and unplanned repeat angioplasty, a nonsignificant difference.

In the gut of patients with heart failure, important groups of bacteria are found less frequently and the gut flora is not as diverse as in healthy individuals.

Patients with a history of breast cancer or lymphoma were more than three times as likely to develop heart failure — a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to meet the body's needs — compared with a similar group of patients who did not have cancer, according to data being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Patients with a history of breast cancer or lymphoma were more than three times as likely to develop heart failure — a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to meet the body's needs — compared with a similar group of patients who did not have cancer, according to data being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific patients who did not have cancer, according to data being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Session.

In a randomized investigation of the impact of berberine in patients with weakened hearts and congestive heart failure (CHF), there was an increase in heart strength and a decrease in measures of CHF in those assigned to the group taking berberine.