Types of Heart Medications
WEBOct 5, 2023 · Learn about the various medications for heart disease and cardiovascular conditions, such as anticoagulants, blood thinners, beta blockers, and more.
New technologies and medications that can prevent, reduce CVD …
WEBDALLAS, Dec. 19, 2023 — Technologies that less invasively restore blood flow to blocked or narrowed arteries; a medicine that outsmarts high blood pressure’s development; and new evidence that diabetes drugs may offer heart health benefits to people that don’t have diabetes are among the news-making scientific research developments in the ...
Medications Used to Treat Heart Failure
WEBJul 10, 2023 · Studies have shown that several classes of drugs are best to treat heart failure. The goal of heart failure treatment is to help you live a longer, better quality life. Treating heart failure with medication can lessen fatigue, shortness of breath and swelling. It also helps improve your energy level so you can be physically active.
New medication may treat underlying causes of hypertrophic ...
WEBNov 9, 2020 · Mavacamten, a new investigational cardiac medication, may improve heart function for people with thickened heart muscle leading to obstructed blood flow through the heart, a condition known as obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
New anti-clotting medication reduces bleeding among people …
WEBPHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12, 2023 — An experimental anti-clotting medication, abelacimab, significantly reduced bleeding among people with atrial fibrillation (or AFib) who were at risk of stroke, according to results of the AZALEA-TIMI 71 trial, presented today as late-breaking science at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023 ...
Atrial Fibrillation Medications | American Heart Association
WEBMar 27, 2023 · The American Heart Association explains afib medications, managing your prescriptions for afib, such as Blood thinners anticoagulants and much more. AFib medications include blood thinners, heart rate and heart rhythm controllers.
Medications for Arrhythmia - American Heart Association
WEBNov 17, 2022 · Learn the types of medications used to treat arrhythmias that can help prevent heart attack and stroke.
Warnings – and hope – from new heart disease treatment guidelines
WEBJul 20, 2023 · New guidelines detailing how to care for people with heart disease come with some easy-to-grasp warnings for patients. The chronic coronary disease guidelines from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology, published Thursday in the AHA journal Circulation, are no incremental update, said Dr. Salim Virani, chairperson of ...
New heart clinical trial to shine light on early atrial fibrillation ...
WEBOct 26, 2021 · CHANGE AFib, a new pragmatic clinical trial, will determine whether early treatment with the antiarrhythmic drug dronedarone improves cardiovascular and long-term outcomes in patients presenting to the hospital with first-detected AFib.
Medication Management - American Heart Association
WEBJan 18, 2024 · Medication has come a long way in helping us lower our risks of heart disease by managing high blood pressure, lowering cholesterol levels and helping prevent stroke. But you have an important role in making sure those medications work.