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Ultrasound 'Lung Comets' Hint Value as Treatment Target in HFClinic visits for worsening heart failure were fewer when diuretic changes were guided by the presence of B lines on lung
scans, with their fanciful nickname, in a small randomized trial.
Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2019
Rivaroxaban Cuts Stroke Risk in HF Sans AF: Post Hoc COMMANDER-HFOral anticoagulation may have struck the right balance between stroke benefit and bleeding risk in systolic heart failure.
Also, a stroke risk prediction tool may be more versatile than expected.
Medscape Medical News, May 31, 2019
Could a Biomarker Take AVR to the New Aortic Stenosis Frontier?Mortality climbs for patients with severe aortic stenosis who don't get a valve replacement because they are asymptomatic,
especially if their natriuretic peptides are elevated, an analysis suggests.
Medscape Medical News, May 29, 2019
Can 'Controlled Diuresis' Avoid Diuretic Resistance in Acute HF?Based on the tiny TARGET study, hopes are that controlled volume depletion using a proprietary device in acute heart failure
could help clinicians push furosemide while avoiding diuretic resistance.
