Sentences with phrase «hospitalization for heart failure»

During the study period, 16 % of the study participants had a heart attack or stroke, required hospitalization for heart failure, or died of heart disease.

However, telomere length and CPC levels are independent and additive predictors of adverse cardiovascular outcomes (such as death, heart attack, stroke, or hospitalization for heart failure), he finds.

All - cause mortality and hospitalization for heart failure were tracked as a composite primary outcome.

All - cause mortality, hospitalization for heart failure, major bleeding events and nonfatal heart attack or stroke were tracked separately as secondary outcomes.

Delayed or deferred stent implantation in patients experiencing the deadliest form of heart attack — ST - segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)-- failed to reduce death from any cause, hospitalization for heart failure, subsequent heart attacks or the need for a repeat procedure to restore blood flow to the heart, researchers reported at the American College of Cardiology's 65th Annual Scientific Session.

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.

The primary endpoint was a composite of death from any cause and hospitalization for heart failure.

A large randomized controlled trial of ischemic postconditioning in patients who had experienced the deadliest form of heart attack — ST - segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)-- failed to show that this procedure significantly reduces death from any cause or hospitalization for heart failure, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 65th Annual Scientific Session.

Dr Kristensen continued: «We found an increased risk of hospitalization for heart failure in IBD patients of all ages, not just older patients.

He added: «When IBD patients had flares their risk of hospitalization for heart failure was 2.5 times greater, and it was 2.7 times greater during persistent activity.

Rates of hospitalization for heart failure were compared between the IBD group and the remaining Danish population, adjusted for age and sex differences.

Dr Kristensen said: «We found that patients with new - onset IBD had a 37 % increased risk of hospitalization for heart failure during a mean follow - up of 6.4 years compared to the healthy population.

«While these patients also suffer heart attacks and strokes, hospitalizations for heart failure represent their predominant problem, which is also a major burden to society,» said Eldrin Lewis, MD, advanced heart failure specialist, BWH Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, who chaired the TOPCAT Clinical Endpoints Committee.

However, spironolactone did reduce the major burden faced by these patients - the risk of repeated hospitalizations for heart failure.

More than 1 million hospitalizations for heart failure (HF) occur annually in the United States alone, and more than 80 percent of these hospitalized patients have worsening chronic HF.

Not exact matches

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.

Furthermore, when the authors examined the outcomes individually, the OSA risk factors were associated with increased risk for all - cause mortality, hospitalization for congestive heart failure, and stroke, but not for acute myocardial infarction.

There were also nine hospitalizations for hypertensive emergency (1.0 percent), eight for atrial fibrillation (0.9 percent), eight strokes (0.9 percent), six hospitalizations for new onset heart failure (0.7 percent), five heart attacks (0.6 percent), four deaths (0.4 percent) and two cases of new onset end stage kidney disease (0.2 percent) that were considered unrelated to the procedure.

To examine the clinical impact of Michigan's smoke - free indoor air law, researchers reviewed the Nationwide Inpatient Sample for hospitalizations from heart attack, congestive heart failure and stroke one year before and after the ban implementation.

There was a significant reduction in hospitalizations from congestive heart failure exacerbations and in - hospital mortality for heart attack.

Compared with moderate sodium excretion, there was an association between low sodium excretion and cardiovascular (CVD) death and hospitalization for coronary heart failure.

However, a study (O'Donnell et al) published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), using urine tests of nearly 30,000 people, reports that too little salt, below 3.0 g per day, also significantly raises the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events, meaning heart attack, stroke, and hospitalization for congestive heart failure.

Another study where 641 patients with heart failure were given either a placebo or CoQ10 for a year found those taking CoQ10 fared significantly better — with fewer hospitalizations and better health overall.

The patient was scheduled for surgery several days after hospitalization and treatment of right congestive heart failure and pulmonary hypertension using the following therapeutic protocol:

Other common reasons for hospitalizations include respiratory disease, heart attacks, heart failure or osteoarthritis of the knee.

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severe • Stroke within 1 year • Suicide attempt within 5 years • Surgical repair of heart valves, aneurysms, intracranial tumors, major organs within six months, including gastric bypass Uninsurable non-medical scenarios: • Marijuana use, 4 or more times weekly • Substance abuse / misuse within last 5 years • Criminal activity - any history within the last 10 years • DUI, more than 2 or under age 25 if within 1 year • Unemployed (other than homemakers or retired) with minimal household income or dependent on SSI / disability benefits • Bankruptcy filing within 2 years • Liens / Judgements - outstanding activity that exceeds heart Failure • COPD / Emphysema or chronic bronchitis - Severe or with current nicotine use • Cystic Fibrosis • Defibrillator use • Depression, severe, recurrent or with multiple in - patient hospitalization history • Diabetes with co-morbidities that include significant cardiac disease, or impairment of renal function or mobility • Heart / Cardiac Disease - multiple vessels diagnosed within 2 years or any past history with current nicotine use • Muscular Dystrophy • Multiple Sclerosis, if symptoms progressing • Organ Transplants, in most scenarios • Quadriplegia • Pulmonary hypertension • Renal failure, Renal insufficiency - severe • Stroke within 1 year • Suicide attempt within 5 years • Surgical repair of heart valves, aneurysms, intracranial tumors, major organs within six months, including gastric bypass Uninsurable non-medical scenarios: • Marijuana use, 4 or more times weekly • Substance abuse / misuse within last 5 years • Criminal activity - any history within the last 10 years • DUI, more than 2 or under age 25 if within 1 year • Unemployed (other than homemakers or retired) with minimal household income or dependent on SSI / disability benefits • Bankruptcy filing within 2 years • Liens / Judgements - outstanding activity that exceedFailure • COPD / Emphysema or chronic bronchitis - Severe or with current nicotine use • Cystic Fibrosis • Defibrillator use • Depression, severe, recurrent or with multiple in - patient hospitalization history • Diabetes with co-morbidities that include significant cardiac disease, or impairment of renal function or mobility • Heart / Cardiac Disease - multiple vessels diagnosed within 2 years or any past history with current nicotine use • Muscular Dystrophy • Multiple Sclerosis, if symptoms progressing • Organ Transplants, in most scenarios • Quadriplegia • Pulmonary hypertension • Renal failure, Renal insufficiency - severe • Stroke within 1 year • Suicide attempt within 5 years • Surgical repair of heart valves, aneurysms, intracranial tumors, major organs within six months, including gastric bypass Uninsurable non-medical scenarios: • Marijuana use, 4 or more times weekly • Substance abuse / misuse within last 5 years • Criminal activity - any history within the last 10 years • DUI, more than 2 or under age 25 if within 1 year • Unemployed (other than homemakers or retired) with minimal household income or dependent on SSI / disability benefits • Bankruptcy filing within 2 years • Liens / Judgements - outstanding activity that exceeds Heart / Cardiac Disease - multiple vessels diagnosed within 2 years or any past history with current nicotine use • Muscular Dystrophy • Multiple Sclerosis, if symptoms progressing • Organ Transplants, in most scenarios • Quadriplegia • Pulmonary hypertension • Renal failure, Renal insufficiency - severe • Stroke within 1 year • Suicide attempt within 5 years • Surgical repair of heart valves, aneurysms, intracranial tumors, major organs within six months, including gastric bypass Uninsurable non-medical scenarios: • Marijuana use, 4 or more times weekly • Substance abuse / misuse within last 5 years • Criminal activity - any history within the last 10 years • DUI, more than 2 or under age 25 if within 1 year • Unemployed (other than homemakers or retired) with minimal household income or dependent on SSI / disability benefits • Bankruptcy filing within 2 years • Liens / Judgements - outstanding activity that exceedfailure, Renal insufficiency - severe • Stroke within 1 year • Suicide attempt within 5 years • Surgical repair of heart valves, aneurysms, intracranial tumors, major organs within six months, including gastric bypass Uninsurable non-medical scenarios: • Marijuana use, 4 or more times weekly • Substance abuse / misuse within last 5 years • Criminal activity - any history within the last 10 years • DUI, more than 2 or under age 25 if within 1 year • Unemployed (other than homemakers or retired) with minimal household income or dependent on SSI / disability benefits • Bankruptcy filing within 2 years • Liens / Judgements - outstanding activity that exceeds heart valves, aneurysms, intracranial tumors, major organs within six months, including gastric bypass Uninsurable non-medical scenarios: • Marijuana use, 4 or more times weekly • Substance abuse / misuse within last 5 years • Criminal activity - any history within the last 10 years • DUI, more than 2 or under age 25 if within 1 year • Unemployed (other than homemakers or retired) with minimal household income or dependent on SSI / disability benefits • Bankruptcy filing within 2 years • Liens / Judgements - outstanding activity that exceeds $ 50K