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March 24, 2026

Too much dietary salt linked to new cases of heart failure

Even modest reductions in salt consumption could reduce the burden of heart failure in high-risk populations.

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August 20, 2024

VUMC participating in clinical trial of novel heart failure treatment  

Patients with a form of heart failure called HFpEF may breathe normally at rest but quickly become breathless with physical activity. The study will test an atrial shunt to relieve high pressure in the heart.

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November 13, 2023

Most can lower blood pressure by reducing salt, even those on BP drugs: study

New research shows nearly everyone can lower their blood pressure, even people currently on blood pressure- reducing drugs, by lowering their sodium intake.

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January 25, 2023

Heart failure risk higher in rural areas: study

A study co-led by Vanderbilt researchers found heart failure risk is 19% higher for adults living in rural areas of the U.S., as compared to urban areas, and 34% higher for Black men living in rural areas.

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May 26, 2021

VUMC researchers receive grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop biomarkers to improve the diagnosis of acute heart failure

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have received a four-year, $6.2-million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to develop a novel panel of biomarkers to improve the diagnosis of acute heart failure (AHF).

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March 11, 2021

Electronic health record study discovers novel hormone deficiency

A novel hormone deficiency may exist in humans, Vanderbilt investigators have discovered. In an analysis of two decades worth of electronic health records, the researchers found that some patients have unexpectedly low levels of natriuretic peptide hormone in clinical situations that should cause high levels of the hormone.