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Cardiology
Cohort
Standard diuretic therapy within GDMT yielded comparable outcomes to pleural drainage in elderly acute heart failure with moderate pleural effusion.
Heart Failure Fluid Buildup: One Treatment May Be Enough
This retrospective observational cohort study of 514 elderly acute heart failure patients with moderate pleural effusion in China found that…
For many older heart failure patients, standard medication alone may be just as effective as a procedure to drain fluid from the lungs, pote…
Frontiers
Apr 20, 2026
Drug Pipeline
Sys. Review
Review of heart failure medications and microbiome insights for individualized treatment strategies
Could gut bacteria help tailor heart failure treatment for better results?
This narrative review examines heart failure management involving digoxin, angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors, ACE inhibitors, ARBs,…
Gut bacteria might help tailor heart failure treatments to work better for specific people by influencing how standard medicines affect the …
Frontiers
Apr 19, 2026