Posts Tagged ‘ESC’
Cardiac Patients Overestimate Benefits of Heart Procedures
A new study’s findings indicate that most patients do not understand or recall information given to them by health care providers before heart procedures. Many mistakenly believe that opening blocked arteries will cure them of heart disease. These findings, from a study taking a look at informed consent, are published in the Nov. 28 issue…
Read MoreStudy Finds One in Five Cardiac Rehab Patients, Depressed, Anxious, or Stressed
Not every patient completes a cardiac rehabilitation program. A new study published in The World Mental Health Day in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) reports that patients with depression, anxiety or stress are more likely to drop out of cardiac rehabilitation. ‘”Heart patients living with…
Read MoreBiomarkers Help Shape Diuretic use in Treating Acute Heart Failure Patients
According to a presentation at Heart Failure 2019, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), Adrenomedullin activity predicts which acute heart failure patients (AHFP) are at the greatest risk of death without diuretic treatment post-discharge. “Therapy at discharge often remains unchanged for several weeks and even months in acute heart failure patients,”…
Read MoreStudy challenges “no pain no gain” requirement for patients with clogged leg arteries
Patients diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) should be given the option of pain-free exercise, suggests the findings of a recent study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). According to the ESC article published June 20, around 200 million people worldwide have PAD, where arteries in…
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