But the trends observed in data gathered on middle - aged adults suggest that it may never be too late to reduce
the risk of heart failure with moderate exercise.
His team is now studying patients who have especially high
risk of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
Not exact matches
«Eating red meat was associated
with decreased
risk of heart failure and stroke in the Framingham Heart Study,» the heart association press release
heart failure and stroke in the Framingham
Heart Study,» the heart association press release
Heart Study,» the
heart association press release
heart association press release says.
Ensuring people diagnosed
with diabetes are able to manage their diabetes effectively in order to reduce their
risk of developing long term complications such as
heart disease, stroke, kidney
failure, blindness and amputation should also be the long term goal
of the health service.
Part - funded by the British
Heart Foundation, the study shows that drinking more alcohol is associated with a higher risk of stroke, fatal aneurysm, heart failure and d
Heart Foundation, the study shows that drinking more alcohol is associated
with a higher
risk of stroke, fatal aneurysm,
heart failure and d
heart failure and death.
Alcohol consumption was associated
with a higher
risk of stroke,
heart failure, fatal aortic aneurysms, fatal hypertensive disease and
heart failure and there were no clear thresholds where drinking less did not have a benefit.
It is associated
with an increased
risk of stroke,
heart failure and death.
«Our study suggests that in patients
with heart failure and atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation is an effective alternative treatment that can help patients avoid or discontinue this drug to reduce the
risk of these long - term side effects.»
The current study has now shown that the tests that are currently commonly used, viewed over a period
of ten years, allow only imprecise prognoses and that patients
with non-ischaemic
heart failure are at just as much
risk and need to be treated accordingly.
Short total reproductive duration was associated
with an increased
risk of heart failure, which was found to be related to an earlier age at menopause and was more pronounced in women who experienced natural, rather than surgical, menopause.
In other words, a drop
of 10 °C in the average temperature over seven days, which is common in several countries because
of seasonal variations, is associated
with an increased
risk in being hospitalized or dying
of heart failure of about 7 percent in people aged over 65 diagnosed
with the disease..
Graham's group found that people taking Avandia had about an 18 % higher
risk of heart attack, stroke,
heart failure, or death compared
with those on Actos, which other work has shown is just as effective.
A number
of factors were associated
with an increased
risk of developing
heart failure after a first myocardial infarction.
Sekendiz suggests that health and sports facilities must face up to their responsibilities in order to avoid problems associated
with irresponsive practice, such as the low but catastrophic
risk of new users suffering
heart failure, for instance, when given an overly vigorous workout.
Importantly, compared to placebo, treatment
with FCM was also associated
with a significant 61 % reduction in the
risk of hospitalisation due to worsening
heart failure (hazard ratio [HR] 0.39; p = 0.009).
These findings underscore the serious nature
of a diagnosis
of heart failure and the long - term
risk associated
with it, regardless
of the
heart's estimated pump function.
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.
«AF is also associated
with increased mortality, reduced quality
of life and a higher
risk of heart failure.»
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.
Upon analyzing the different types
of activities, certain types
of physical activity were associated
with reduced
risk of heart failure such as walking and bicycling or exercising more than one hour per week.
Researchers followed 33,012 men from the Cohort
of Swedish Men from 1998 until 2012 — or first event
of heart failure — to determine if physical activity was associated
with heart failure risk.
Researchers assigned each type
of physical activity an intensity score and determined walking or bicycling just 20 minutes per day was associated
with a 21 percent lower
risk of heart failure and accounted for the largest difference in
heart failure free survival.
Gastroenterologists and other health professionals need to be aware
of the increased
risk of cardiovascular diseases, including
heart failure, in their daily handling
of patients
with IBD.
• Systolic blood pressure levels above 140 mmHg were linked
with higher
risks of coronary
heart disease, stroke, kidney
failure, and death in patients
with CKD
of all ages, but the magnitude
of these associations diminished
with more advanced age.
Those
with the highest NT - proBNP levels had a nearly 10-fold higher
risk of developing
heart failure compared
with those
with the lowest levels.
Compared
with participants
with the lowest levels
of hsTnT at the start
of the study, those
with the highest hsTnT levels had a nearly 5-fold higher
risk of developing
heart failure.
Patients
with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at increased
risk of developing
heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases.
To measure the impact
of physical fitness on
heart disease
risk factors, the researchers selected 205 men and 44 women
with heart disease, including coronary artery disease, stroke, congestive
heart failure, and
heart valve disease, and had them undergo a cycle ergometer (stationary bike) stress test to determine their fitness level.
People who had only one or two
of the
risk factors, but not all three, developed
heart failure an average
of three to 11 years earlier than people
with none
of the
risk factors.
The new study, a post-hoc analysis, follows the main WARCEF study published in 2012 in the New England Journal
of Medicine, finding neither aspirin nor warfarin superior for preventing a combined
risk of death, stroke, and cerebral hemorrhage in
heart failure patients
with normal
heart rhythm.
This is supported by the recent characterisation
of trimethylamine N - oxide (TMAO), a metabolic product
of gut bacteria, as an independent
risk factor for the mortality rate in patients
with heart failure.
· evidence indicates that low sodium intake may lead to
risk of adverse health effects among those
with mid - to late - stage
heart failure who are receiving aggressive treatment for their disease;
They identified nearly 1,500 cases
of heart failure and compared the age at which patients were diagnosed
with heart failure against their health status and
risk factors at age 45.
Additionally, even
with heightened
risk, a
heart healthy lifestyle — maintaining a normal body weight, regular exercise and controlling other
risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol — can help lower the
risk of heart disease and
heart failure.
«If patients know they have received a drug treatment that might increase their
risk of heart failure, it's even more important to take care
of the aspects
of their life that they can control to reduce their
risk as much as possible and to work
with their medical care team to detect issues as early as possible,» Larsen said.
«Our observational study found that treating to low pressures doesn't provide any benefit to patients
with regard to reducing
risk of dangerous
heart events like
heart attack,
heart failure and stroke.
In this study we found that individuals
with gene variants that lead to increased body - mass index (BMI) also had an increased
risk of heart failure and diabetes.
«Our results demonstrate that aortic arch pulse wave velocity is a highly significant independent predictor
of subsequent white matter hyperintensity volume and provides a distinct contribution — along
with systolic blood pressure, hypertension treatment, congestive
heart failure and age — in predicting
risk for cerebrovascular disease,» Dr. King said.
«Aspirin lowers
risk of early death for patients
with diabetes,
heart failure: Paradoxically, aspirin also associated
with increased
risk of nonfatal
heart attack, stroke.»
For people living
with both Type 2 diabetes and
heart failure, taking an aspirin each day appears to lower the
risk of dying or being hospitalized for
heart failure, according to research being presented at the American College
of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Session.
«High salt intake associated
with doubled
risk of heart failure.»
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.
High salt intake is associated
with a doubled
risk of heart failure, according to a 12 - year study in more than 4,000 people presented today at ESC Congress.
Scientists, including Gerald W. Dorn, MD, have identified the first DNA sequence variant common in the population that is not only associated
with an increased
risk of heart failure, but appears to play a role in causing it.
«A major concern
with TZD drugs is that there are multiple side - effects including fluid retention and a
risk of heart failure,» Kajimura explained.
Obesity, hypertension and diabetes are all important and independent
risk factors for
heart failure and may cause more adverse impairment
of myocardial metabolism in women compared
with men (302, 303).
People
with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are at increased
risk of heart failure and sudden
heart death.
Plus, Actos has actually been associated
with a higher
risk of heart failure, Dr. Jardini adds.
Taking into account age and other
risk health factors they found that two - thirds
of women who undergo fertility therapy never become pregnant, and when compared to the one - third who do conceive, the women who never give birth end up
with an increased
risk for stroke and
heart failure.
TUESDAY, November 22, 2011 (Health.com)-- People
with heart disease may increase their
risk of heart attack, stroke,
heart failure, and dying from
heart - related causes even more if they consume a diet high in sodium, according to a new study that followed nearly 30,000 people for more than four years.