Dapagliflozin in High-Risk Type 2 Diabetes Reduces Hospitalization for Heart Failure ...
Aug 1, 2019 - The only cardiovascular benefit to treatment with dapagliflozin was a reduction in the likelihood of hospitalization; 125 patients would need to be treated for 10 years to prevent one hospitalization.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0801/p184.html
Medication Management for Chronic Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction - ...
Jul 1, 2019 - Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists reduce hospitalizations for patients with HFpEF. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers have not been shown to change the morbidity or mortality in patients with HFpEF.
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0701/p17.html
Dyspnea Due to Acute Heart Failure Syndrome - Medicine by the Numbers - American Family...
Feb 1, 2019 - This review concluded that the individual components of the clinical history and physical examination, electrocardiography, and chest radiography are not useful independently for confirming or excluding the diagnosis of acute heart failure syndrome in patients presenting to the ...
American Family Physician : Medicine by the Numbers
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0201/od1.html
Heart Failure Due to Reduced Ejection Fraction: Medical Management - American Family ...
Jan 1, 2017 - Heart failure is an increasingly common condition resulting in high rates of morbidity and mortality. For patients who have heart failure and reduced ejection fraction, randomized clinical trials demonstrate consistent mortality benefit from angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0101/p13.html
Impact of Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation - Cochrane for Clinicians - American ...
Dec 1, 2016 - Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduces cardiovascular mortality and hospitalization. There is no evidence that it reduces the rates of total mortality, myocardial infarctions, coronary artery bypass grafts, or percutaneous coronary interventions.
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/1201/p881.html
Cardiac Rehabilitation: Improving Function and Reducing Risk - American Family Physician
Jul 1, 2016 - Cardiac rehabilitation is a comprehensive multidisciplinary program individually tailored to the needs of patients with cardiovascular disease. The overall goals focus on improving daily function and reducing cardiovascular risk factors. Cardiac rehabilitation includes interventions ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/0701/p37.html
Ivabradine (Corlanor) for Heart Failure - STEPS - American Family Physician
Apr 15, 2016 - In patients with stable systolic heart failure already on maximal medication therapy, adding ivabradine may reduce the number of hospitalizations related to heart failure (NNT for two years = 20), but it does not reduce cardiovascular mortality. In addition, many patients will not ...
American Family Physician : STEPS
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/0415/p682.html
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