Tag: heart failure
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Immune Dysfunction and Progressive Heart Failure After Heart Attacks
Understanding the Link Between Immunity and Heart Failure When a heart attack damages heart muscle, the immediate concern is restoring blood flow and limiting further injury. But the aftermath involves a complex cascade of immune responses. Recent insights suggest that dysfunction within the immune system can propel the heart from injury toward progressive heart failure,…
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Immune Dysfunction Drives Progressive Heart Failure After Heart Attacks
New Insights into the Aftermath of a Heart Attack When a heart attack damages the heart muscle, the body’s immediate response is to repair the tissue and restore blood flow. Yet for many survivors, the story doesn’t end there. Emerging research points to immune system dysfunction as a key driver of progressive heart failure, a…
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Immune Dysfunction After Heart Attacks Drives Progressive HF
Understanding the Link Between Immune Dysfunction and Progressive Heart Failure When a heart attack damages the heart muscle, the body launches an immune response to clear damaged cells and begin repair. In many patients, this immune response is tightly regulated and resolves as healing progresses. In others, immune dysfunction persists, contributing to ongoing inflammation and…
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Rising Heart Failure Prevalence in US Adults: 1988–2023 (+43%)
Overview: A Growing Challenge in American Health A new analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology documents a substantial rise in heart failure (HF) prevalence among United States adults over 35 years. The crude prevalence increased from 2.1% in 1988 to 3.0% in 2023, representing a roughly 43% rise. This uptick…
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Heart Failure Prevalence in US Adults Rises 43% Since 1988
Key finding: Heart failure prevalence climbs over decades A new analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and other national sources shows that crude prevalence of heart failure (HF) among United States adults increased from 2.1% in 1988 to 3.0% in 2023. The study, published in the Journal of the American…
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Heart Failure Prevalence in US Adults Surges 43% Since 1988
Overview: Heart Failure Prevalence Rises in US Adults A new analysis based on data tracked over several decades shows that the crude prevalence of heart failure (HF) among United States adults increased from 2.1% in 1988 to 3.0% in 2023. Reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the study highlights a notable…
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Heart Failure Deaths Accelerate in the US After Covid
A troubling uptick after years of decline The trajectory of heart failure deaths in the United States appears to have reversed after the Covid-19 pandemic, with mortality climbing faster than in the years before 2020. For decades, heart failure–related deaths showed a slow, gradual decline in many parts of the country. But new analyses suggest…
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How Covid-19 Accelerated U.S. Heart Failure Deaths: A Worrying Reversal in Trends
Introduction: A troubling reversal in a long-running trend For years, the United States had seen a gradual decline in deaths from heart failure. That trajectory appears to have shifted in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, with mortality from heart failure climbing faster since 2020. New research analyzing national data suggests that the pandemic did…
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Heart Failure Deaths Accelerate in the US After COVID-19 Pandemic
Overview: A Reversal in Heart Failure Mortality Trends New research indicates that heart failure deaths in the United States have begun climbing again after a long period of decline, with the pace of increase accelerating since 2020. While the pandemic directly claimed lives, it also appears to have indirectly influenced a worsening trajectory for cardiovascular…
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Chevy Chase Documentary Reveals He Was in a Coma After Heart Failure
New Light on a Comedic Icon’s Health Battle In a candid new documentary, fans gain a rare glimpse into the health crisis that altered the course of comedian Chevy Chase’s life. The film chronicles a harrowing period when Chase suffered heart failure in 2021, an event that left him hospitalized and, according to his friends…