Heart Failure: Latest

• Apr 11 2025 This Week in Cardiology  
  theheart.org on Medscape, April 11, 2025
• Rare Cor Triatriatum Case in Patient With HIV Uncovered A 34-year-old woman with HIV presents with dyspnoea, revealing a rare congenital heart defect.
  Medscape UK, April 11, 2025
• ACP-IM 2025 Eye-Opening Updates in Insomnia and OSA Expert shares treatment approaches for insomnia and alternatives for patients With PAP-intolerance.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• ACC 2025 Little Learned From Trials That Are Positive by Design Dapagliflozin after TAVI? Semaglutide for claudication? Two trials designed to be positive should not warrant new indications for these drugs writes John Mandrola, MD.
  theheart.org on Medscape, April 10, 2025
• FDA Drug Approvals Q1 2025 Stay current on FDA drug approvals January-March 2025
  Medscape Reference, April 10, 2025
• ACC 2025 Fluid Restriction in HF: Let’s Not Torture Patients   Drs Piña and Hsich discuss the FRESH-UP trial that challenged the dogma of fluid restriction in heart failure and provide practical strategies for optimizing medical therapy instead.
  theheart.org on Medscape, April 09, 2025
• ACC 2025 So Far, TAVI Device for Aortic Regurgitation Is Effective A device in clinical development appears to be far safer and more effective than the TAVI devices currently being used off-label for the treatment of aortic regurgitation.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2025
• Effect of BMI on Cardiovascular Risk in RA Varies In patients with RA, BMI affects cardiovascular risk, differing by anti–citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) status and biologic use.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2025
• Fast Five Quiz: Long Term Outcomes of Obesity What you know about the long-term outcomes of obesity? Check your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, April 08, 2025
• Hypertensive Pregnancy Increases Dilated Cardiomyopathy Risk Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in first pregnancies double the risk for dilated cardiomyopathy, with the onset earlier than that in normotensive pregnancies.
  Medscape News UK, April 08, 2025
• ACC 2025 No Need to Restrict Fluids in Stable Heart Failure New evidence contradicts decades-old advice and shows that unlimited fluids are safe and ease discomfort from thirst.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2025
• Your Gums Could Raise Your Stroke Risk by 22% New findings reveal a 22% higher stroke risk linked to periodontitis, spotlighting oral health as a key factor in preventing systemic disease.
  Medscape News UK, April 07, 2025
• Apr 04 2025 This Week in Cardiology   Trials from the 2025 American College of Cardiology scientific sessions, including the WARRIOR, PROTECT TAVI, DAPATAVI, and SOUL are reviewed by John Mandrola, MD
  theheart.org on Medscape, April 04, 2025
• ACC 2025 SGLT2 Inhibitors Progressing to New Standard After TAVI In patients with heart failure, SGLT2 inhibitors after TAVI are associated with major risk reductions in a clinical trial that multiple experts are calling practice changing.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2025
• Tips for PCPs on Addressing and Preventing Heart Disease Cardiac illnesses are among the trickier ones to manage in the limited time provided for many primary care visits, with common and easily dismissed symptoms often providing early signs of disease.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2025
• Obesity ‘Strongly’ Linked to 16 Cardiometabolic Diseases The prevalence of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, and obstructive sleep apnea, among others, increases with increasing BMI.
  Medscape Medical News, April 02, 2025
• Should Medicine Be Boring? Heroic high-stakes medicine should be left to TV doctors, because the most effective care is performed with a level of precision bordering on the mechanical and the mundane.
  Medscape UK, April 01, 2025
• Early Statin Use Shows Sustained Cardiovascular Benefits Early introduction of atorvastatin in patients with hypertension demonstrates sustained cardiovascular benefits, a 20-year follow-up study reveals.
  Medscape News UK, April 01, 2025
• ACC 2025 Does Treating Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure Help? A new study lacked significant results, but when combined with additional studies, the prevention of cardiovascular events was significant.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2025
• Fast Five Quiz: How Much Do You Know About COPD? How much do you know about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, March 31, 2025