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Author(s):
Mohammed El-Sheikh
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1 year ago
In this short interview, Dr Mohammed El-Sheikh discusses the key findings and clinical relevance of his recently published article, “Associations of Obesity and Prognostic Nutritional Index on 1-Year Mortality in Patients with Acute Heart Failure.”
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4 months ago
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Radcliffe Cardiology
Therapies for transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), including transthyretin (TTR) stabilisers and silencers, have demonstrated a mortality benefit in randomised trials. However, the timing of this benefit has been a subject of debate. A new analysis of three major outcomes trials has evaluated this time course, revealing a consistent pattern across different treatments…
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The True Obesity Paradox: Obese and Malnourished?
Author(s):
Mohammed El-Sheikh
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Nora Olsen El Caidi
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Aginsha Kandiah
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1 year ago
Original Research
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5 months ago
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Radcliffe Cardiology
Frailty is a common and significant factor associated with adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure, but the prognostic utility of simple assessment tools in contemporary practice remains an area of investigation. A new study using data from a large Japanese registry has found that the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) effectively captures both physical and cognitive decline and is an…
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Author(s):
Javed Butler
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9 months ago
ESC Congress 2025 - Vericiguat significantly reduced risks of CV mortality and HF hospitalisations, as well as all-cause mortality across both the VICTOR and VICTORIA Trial.Dr JavedButler (Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, US) joins us to discuss findings from a pooled analysis of the recent VICTOR and VICTORIA trials, with data from 11155 participants with heart failure with reduced ejection…
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Author(s):
David Zizek
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1 month ago
HFA Congress 2026 — Dr David Žižek (University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SI) joins us to discuss findings from CONDUCT-AF, a randomised, multicentre trial comparing conduction system pacing (CSP) with biventricular (BiV) pacing following atrioventricular node ablation (AVNA) in heart failure patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation and narrow QRS.The trial enrolled 82 patients…
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Author(s):
Ambarish Pandey
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1 month ago
HFA Congress 2026 — Dr Ambarish Pandey (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Texas, US) joins us to discuss findings on diuretic resistance drawn from TRANSFORM-HF, a large-scale, pragmatic, randomised clinical effectiveness trial comparing torsemide versus furosemide in patients hospitalised with heart failure.TRANSFORM-HF enrolled 2,973 patients across 60 US sites, randomising 1:1…
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Author(s):
Guillaume Baudry
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1 year ago
ESC HF 25 - Findings from a French nationwide cohort study investigating cardiologist follow-up show greater reduction in all-cause mortality associated with annual cardiology hospital visits.Dr Guillaume Baudry (University Hospital of Brabois, Nancy, FR) discusses findings from a nationwide trial investigating the prognostic value of heart failure stratification and cardiologist follow-up in…
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Author(s):
Mohammed El-Sheikh
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Nora Olsen El Caidi
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Aginsha Kandiah
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et al
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8 months ago
Author(s):
Varun Sundaram
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1 year ago
ESC HF 25 - Safety outcomes from PRAISE-HFrEF show that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonism (GLP-1 RA) treatment for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and obesity was not associated with increased risk of heart failure hospitalisation or mortality compared to placebo, with greater benefits observed in patients with higher BMI.Dr Varun Sundaram (Case Western Reserve…
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