Sentences with phrase «population of heart failure patients»

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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.

That's according to a new study from the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, which found the prevalence of heart failure is significantly higher in patients with COPD compared to the rest of the study population.

After analysis, they found that 28.7 % of COPD patients had heart failure, compared to 13.0 % in the background population.

• 25.3 % of COPD patients from other populations had heart failure compared to 11.3 % in their counterparts who did not have COPD.

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.

«This research is important in that it may advance the application of widely available cardiac biomarkers to identify CKD patients at the highest risk of developing heart failure, the most common cardiovascular complication in this patient population,» said Dr. Bansal.

To determine whether scientific studies since 2002 found additional evidence on the usefulness of omega - 3 fish oil supplements, the authors focused on studies related to preventing a first heart attack in the general population, or in patients who were at high risk for heart disease, and preventing recurrent events and death in patients who had a prior heart attack, congestive heart failure, stroke, or atrial fibrillation.

Further studies would help to confirm the findings, further elucidate the risks and benefits of aspirin use in this patient population, and potentially inform specific guidelines for treatment of patients with diabetes and heart failure.

For example, more than 20 million patients have chronic heart failure with at least 4 million admissions to hospital each year in the USA and Europe, and the size of this patient population is actively growing.

«As part of the currently aging population of the United States, the number of patients with heart failure is continuing to steadily increase, yet there remains a relative shortage of donor hearts — there simply aren't enough donor hearts available each year for each person who may benefit from transplantation,» said Dr. S. Jacob Scheinerman.