The Lancet

Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome affecting around 70 million individuals globally. It has a prevalence of 2% in ...
The Cardiology Advisor

Digitoxin Improves Mortality, HF Hospitalization Outcomes in HFrEF

Risk for HF hospitalization and all-cause mortality are reduced in patients with HFrEF that have digitoxin added to guideline-directed therapy.
Business Insider

FDA Grants ‘Breakthrough’ Designation to Eko’s ECG-based Low Ejection Fraction Screening Algorithm, Designed to Improve Detection of Heart Failure

San Francisco, CA, Dec. 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eko, a digital health company applying artificial intelligence (AI) in the fight against heart disease, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: Clinical and Economic Burden and Insights into Current and Emerging Treatments

Heart failure (HF) imposes a large and growing burden on the population, with a prevalence that is projected to increase to more than 8 million adults by 2030. The high risk of morbidity and mortality ...
Medical Dialogues

Beta-Blocker Therapy Fails to Improve Major Outcomes After MI with Normal Ejection Fraction: NEJM Evidence

In a recent meta-analysis which included individual-patient data from five randomized trials, beta-blocker therapy did not ...
KTBS

What's Your Heart Score?

PUMPING FOR LIFE: Ejection fraction is a measure of how much blood your heart is pumping. With each heartbeat, the heart contracts and relaxes. As it contracts, the left and right ventricles eject ...