Modern Healthcare (3/21, Subscription
Publication, 224K) “Vital Signs” blog reports that research published in the
Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure suggests that “if
a patient with heart failure experiences shortness of breath as he or she leans
forward to tie a shoelace or put on a sock, it might be an overlooked sign that
their disease is advancing.” Investigators “coined the term ‘bendopnea’ to
describe the phenomenon.” The investigators “conducted a small, observational
study of patients with systolic heart failure who had been referred for right
heart catheterization at their medical center between June 2010 and May 2012.”
HealthDay (3/21, Preidt, 5K)
reports that the researchers found that “this obvious symptom can help alert
doctors that heart failure patients have excessive fluid retention.” To view
the full JACC: Heart Failure study, click here
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by: Steven Almany M.D.
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