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Heart failure redefined with new classifications, staging
March 8, 2021
Heart failure terminology gets a landmark reno, with a new universal definition, revised stages of development and progression, and updated LVEF classifications.
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Thirteen percent of patients with type 2 diabetes have major ECG abnormalities
March 2, 2021
ECGs from more than 8,000 Dutch patients with type 2 diabetes, most without known cardiovascular disease, show that major abnormalities are not unusual.
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More from DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin quickly reduces heart failure events
February 22, 2021
Secondary analysis of DAPA-HF showed dapagliflozin significantly cut CV deaths or worsening heart failure within 28 days on treatment.
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Quick byte: Curing diabetes
February 19, 2021
“If it works in people as well as it does in animals, it’s possible that people will not be diabetic.”
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Protecting patients with diabetes from impact of COVID-19
January 28, 2021
Comprehensive report summarizes best practices to protect those with diabetes from impact of pandemic, from prior 2-day Diabetes Technology Society meeting.
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Further warning on SGLT2 inhibitor use and DKA risk in COVID-19
January 19, 2021
Five new cases of euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis seen in T2D patients with acute COVID-19 illness.
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Biomarker HF risk score envisioned as SGLT2 inhibitor lodestar in diabetes
January 19, 2021
Together, four “easily measured” biomarkers predicted 5-year heart failure risk in patients with diabetes or prediabetes, potentially identifying best candidates for SGLT2 inhibitor therapy, some say.
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Prioritize COVID-19 vaccination in both types of diabetes, say docs
December 9, 2020
The study is the first to prospectively evaluate COVID-19 severity factors and death in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes separately.
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Diabetic retinopathy may predict greater risk of COVID-19 severity
December 3, 2020
“Our study reports the first description of diabetic retinopathy as a potential risk factor for poor COVID-19 outcomes,” said the authors of a new study.
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Patient health suffers amid pandemic health care shortages
December 1, 2020
More than half of clinician respondents to a survey said they saw a decline in patient health because of delayed or inaccessible care.
