Clinical trial finds finerenone reduces worsening heart failure and cardiovascular death

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Finerenone reduced the composite of total first and recurrent heart failure (HF) events (hospitalizations for HF or urgent HF visits) and cardiovascular death in patients with

Study finds some male cross-country skiers at higher risk for bradycardia and pacemakers

Vasaloppet is the world’s biggest cross-country ski race. The study examined 209,108 Swedish skiers who participated in at least one Vasaloppet race between 1989 and 2011. Credit: Vasaloppet Men who

Endovascular therapy improves left ventricular diastolic function in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

For patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), endovascular treatment (EVT) improves left ventricular (LV) diastolic function, according to a study published online Sept. 9 in Circulation: Heart