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/PRNewswire/ -- Americans are increasingly aware of the impact of cholesterol on heart health and well-being, but for decades, there have been conflicting...

In a modest-sized randomized trial, researchers found that fortified eggs did not have a negative impact on bad or good cholesterol.

Clinical trials in heart failure were smaller this year than last, and less positive, but many advances in cardiology had links to HF.

There are no easy answers based on the SELECT data seen so far, leaving physicians to think hard about underlying risks and costs.

An analysis of data from nearly 500 patients provides insight into the contributions of anemia to reduced exercise tolerance observed in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) may experience worsened exercise tolerance if they also have anemia.

Trials such as HEART-FID and AFFIRM-AHF have demonstrated positive treatment results for injectable ferric carboxymaltose in patients with heart failure and iron deficiency.

Ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) did not improve a hierarchical outcome of death, heart failure hospitalisations and exercise function in ambulatory patien....

HEART-FID trial presented in a Hot Line session Saturday at ESC Congress 2023 

An intravenous iron treatment provides a measure of benefit to people with heart failure and iron deficiency, but the results are nuanced.