With heart failure, good nutrition could mean survival
Personalised dietary advice reduces risk of death for hospitalised patients.
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A Swiss study has shown that personalised nutrition support for people hospitalised with chronic heart failure reduced their risk of dying compared to those given standard hospital food.
Patients with malnutrition were most likely to benefit, which is unsurprising given it’s well established that malnutrition is associated with poorer patient outcomes – including people with heart failure.
The study randomised more than 600 people admitted to eight hospitals with chronic heart failure to nutrition support aimed at meeting their energy, protein and micronutrient needs or to a control group offered normal hospital food.
If MitraClip Fails 95 Percent of Patients Will Need Surgical Valve Replacement
Cardiac surgeons say mitral regurgitation patients need to be better screened and counseled before getting a transcatheter repair
If MitraClip fails and a surgical repair is required, a late-breaking study presented at the 2021 AATS meeting showed 95 percent of patients will require a full surgical valve replacement.
May 4, 2021 – A new study, presented at the 2021 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 101st annual meeting, and simultaneously published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), finds that patients suffering from severe mitral regurgitation should be carefully screened and counseled before undergoing transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral repair (TEER).[1] Data showed that up to 95 percent of patients who needed surgery after failed TEER could not have their valves repaired, and needed a full surgical mitral valve replacement to resolve the issue.
Majority of patients who needed surgery after failed TEER required mitral valve replacement
A new study, presented today at the AATS 101st Annual Meeting, and simultaneously published in the
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, finds that patients suffering from severe mitral regurgitation should be carefully screened and counselled before undergoing transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral repair (TEER).
Data showed that up to 95 percent of patients who needed surgery after failed TEER could not have their valves repaired, and needed mitral valve replacement to resolve the issue. The findings highlight the need to select patients carefully for TEER.
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As a less invasive approach, TEER is an attractive alternative treatment to mitral valve surgery, particularly in older patients. However, TEER is not currently recommended for younger patients who benefit more from a surgical repair long-term. This caution is supported by this study of 463 patients which provide
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Boston, MA (May 1, 2021) - A new study, presented today at the AATS 101st Annual Meeting, and simultaneously published in the
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, finds that patients suffering from severe mitral regurgitation should be carefully screened and counselled before undergoing transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral repair (TEER). Data showed that up to 95 percent of patients who needed surgery after failed TEER could not have their valves repaired, and needed mitral valve replacement to resolve the issue. The findings highlight the need to select patients carefully for TEER.
As a less invasive approach, TEER is an attractive alternative treatment to mitral valve surgery, particularly in older patients. However, TEER is not currently recommended for younger patients who benefit more from a surgical repair long-term. This caution is supported by this study of 463 patients which provides the first national data on surgical outcomes when TEER fails. The surgi
Placental infection may be more likely early in pregnancy, Covid-19 may cause heart failure in some patients
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
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A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an illustration of a virus outside a regional science centre amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Oldham, Britain August 3, 2020. (Reuters)
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.