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Heart Failure
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Heart Failure
Heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. Classified as HFrEF (EF <40%) or HFpEF (EF ≥50%).
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Global, Regional, and National Burden of Heart Failure, 1990-2023: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
Cross-Cutting Symptom Burden and Health-Related Quality of Life in Hospitalized Patients With Chronic Illness: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Myocarditis and Its Impairment, 1990-2023.
Partially Virtual vs In-Person Care in Cardiovascular Conditions-Time Trends, Patient Characteristics, and Medication Management: Cohort Study.
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What is heart failure?Heart failure means that your heart can't pump enough oxygen-rich blood to meet your body's needs. Heart failure doesn't mean that your heart has stopped or is about to stop beating. But without enough blood flow, your organs may not work well, which can cause serious problems.Heart failure can affect one or both sides of your heart:With right-sided heart failure, your heart is too weak to pump…
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I50.814
Right heart failure due to left heart failure
I09.81
Rheumatic heart failure
I50.82
Biventricular heart failure
I50.89
Other heart failure
I50.9
Heart failure, unspecified
T86.22
Heart transplant failure
I11.0
Hypertensive heart disease with heart failure
I11.9
Hypertensive heart disease without heart failure
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Left Bundle Branch Pacing vs Right Ventricular Pacing on AHRE Burden in Patients With Preserved LVEF
This prospective, randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effect of left bundle branch pacing (LBBP) compared with conventional right ventricular (RV) pacing on the cumulative duration (total time) of atrial high-rate episodes (AH…
Prospective Observational Cohort Study of Moderate Aortic Valve Disease
The objective of this research is to evaluate and predict the progression of moderate aortic stenosis and regurgitation from clinical characterization, biological, echocardiographic, and computed tomography (CT) et. al. Additionally, try t…
Comparison of Cardiac Index and Stroke-volume-index Measured by Pulmonary Artery Catheter, FloTrac® and Argos® in Cardiac Surgery Patients.
A comparison of cardiac performance determined by stroke-volume-index measured by different mechanisms in patients during and after cardiac surgery: 1. Pulmonary artery catheter 2. Flo Trac 3. Argos Monitor Investigations will be done in t…
Hemodynamic Assessment of underLying myocyTe Function in Right Heart Failure
Right ventricular (RV) failure is recognized to worsen patient outcomes in the setting of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)-related pulmonary hypertension (PH), yet the investigators fall short in trying to identify and…
Validating Novel, Non-contrast Cardiac MRI Imaging in Haemodialysis Patients
There are currently no good ways of measuring levels of scarring in the hearts of patients with advanced kidney disease and patients on dialysis, although recent research has shown a new cardiac MRI technique, called native T1 mapping, may…
Observational Study Designed to Detect Decompensation of Congestive Heart Failure (dCHF) Using a Non-Invasive Wearable Device
This is a prospective, observational pilot study designed to develop a mathematical algorithm capable of predicting decompensation of congestive heart failure (dCHF) using physiologic data collected from a non-invasive wearable device. Par…
The Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Kidney Disease in HFpEF With Obesity
This research study wants to learn about Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) with Obesity, and Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) and better ways to evaluate these diseases. HFpEF means that the heart is not able to fill prope…
Comprehensive Hybrid Cardiac Rehabilitation Trial on Heart Failure
CO-CREATION-HF aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive and hybrid cardiac rehabilitation model compared to supervised exercise alone.
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Heart Failure
What is heart failure?Heart failure means that your heart can't pump enough oxygen-rich blood to meet your body's needs. Heart failure doesn't mean that your heart has stopped or is about to stop beating. But without enough blood flow, your organs may not work well, which can cause serious problems.Heart failure can affect one or both sides of your heart:With right-sided heart failure, your heart is too weak to pump…
Heart Health Tests
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Atrial Fibrillation
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Pulmonary Hypertension
What is pulmonary hypertension? Pulmonary hypertension, sometimes called PH, is a serious condition that affects the blood vessels in the lungs. It develops when the blood pressure in your lungs is higher than normal.Your heart pumps blood to your lungs so they can add oxygen to the blood. The blood goes back to your heart. From there, it travels to the rest of your body so that your tissues can get the oxygen that…