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Levosimendan May Offer Superior Treatment of Right Heart Failure Compared With Dobutamine: Presented at HFSA
Levosimendan treatment could potentially confer better therapeutic effects in right-ventricular function (RVF) compared with dobutamine, researchers reported here at the 11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society...
Stress Imaging Tests Predict Prognosis of Heart Disease in Obese Persons
Researchers identified an accurate method that may detect whether obese individuals have a low, intermediate or high risk of coronary artery disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, notes a report in the August...
Predicting life-threatening heart problems in women
New research from Saint Louis University School of Medicine may give doctors a way to predict life-threatening heart problems in women.
Viagra significantly reduces stress on the heart
According to the results of a new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins, Viagra, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) in millions of men, reduces the stimulatory effects of hormonal stress on the heart by half.
Vasodilators first choice for some heart patients
Few front-line medications exist for treating hospitalized patients with acute decompensated heart failure, a stage of heart failure marked by heightened severity and often-lengthy hospital stays with frequent readmissions.