PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nichols, Emma Hitt
ED  - Seferović, Petar M.
ED  - Pieske, Burkert
ED  - Fdez-Avilés, Francisco
ED  - Thompson, Randall C.
TI  - Heart Failure: Updates in Diagnosis and Treatment
DP  - 2015 Nov 27
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 27--30
VI  - 14
IP  - 16
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/16/27.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/16/27.full
AB  - New imaging techniques and biomarkers are poised to improve the diagnosis of heart failure. The treatment of heart failure with preserved or reduced ejection fraction remains challenging. New drug treatments under investigation are natriuretic peptides, relaxin, ivabradine, spironolactone, and neprilysin. Stem cell therapy in heart failure is an active area of research.