European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday Juns 30, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 9new heart guidelines May help save lives Washington apr about 200,000 americans die annually of heart failure but the loll can be Cut if doctors and patients follow new treatment guidelines Federal officials say. The guidelines released tuesday by the department of health and human services Call for More aggressive use of cardiac drugs and stricter compliance by patients to doctors orders a there is no question that we can help people to live longer with these guide lines a said or. Marvin a. Konstam director of a heart unit at the new England medical Center hospitals in Boston and co chairman of a panel that reviewed the guidelines. The number of patients who would Benefit cannot now be measured Konstam said but he noted a the number one Point is that we have the ability now to prevent the progression of heart failure. /. Therefore preventing people from dying and preventing  health care experts said that if the guidelines Are followed for the 2 million americans with heart failure hospitalizations for the disorder could be Cut by 20 percent to 25 percent and up to $3 bilion could be saved. Doctors fold to prescribe drugs a patients to take them by the associated press Here Are key Points in the heart failure guidelines issued by Federal health officials h a heart failure in the medical sense used in the guidelines Means that the left Side of the heart has weakened so that it is pumping Only a third to half the blood circulated by a Normal heart. It affects 2 million americans causes 200,000 deaths annually and results in about $10 billion in health care costs. A doctors should More aggressively prescribe angiotensin converting enzyme or Ace inhibitors which relax blood vessels help the heart pump and slow deterioration of the heart. A patients should take seriously medical advice to follow Low Salt diets take All medications As prescribed exercise and Check daily for weight gain a diuretics which rid the body of excess fluid and dioxin which strengthens the heartbeat should be prescribed in patients with moderate to severe heart failure. A heart failure needs to he diagnosed with modern imaging techniques such As Echo radiography but i Csc expensive procedures Are not needed to Monitor a patients Progress. A to Monitor patient status doctors should pay More attention to the patients reports of symptoms and to their performance in everyday activities. A More study is needed to determine the risks and benefits of surgery for All types of heart failure patients. Copies of the guidelines can be obtained by writing to heart failure guidelines . Box 8547 Silver Spring my. 20907. May Fly from endangered list Washington apr the american Bald Eagle which was at the Brink of extinction two decades ago has made such a dramatic recovery that the Interior department wants to remove it from the endangered species list in most states. The . Fish and wildlife service planned today to announce its proposal to upgrade the status of the Eagle from endangered to the less dire a a threatened category according to government officials and environmentalists. F the proposal is expected to become final after a 90-Day comment period. It Marks a Renaissance for the stately Bald Eagle a the nations Symbol for More than two centuries. In the Early 1970s, there were fewer than 800 adult nesting eagles i the lower 48 states. Today there Are nearly 8,000 adult Birds in those states. The action Marks a a dramatic recovery for the Bald Eagle and a Victory for the endangered species act said Michael bean of the environmental defense fund he said the Eagle could not have survived without the Federal. Law that protects species from disappearing. Interior officials have hinted for More than a year that the Bald Eagle would be removed soon from the endangered category across most of the country. Fish and wildlife director Mollie Beattie scheduled a news conference for today on the Eagle. Bean said he has been told that the Bird would remain classified As endangered in parts of the Southwest including Arizona and new Mexico where its recovery has been less dramatic but that the Eagle would be a Down listed to the threatened category in the rest of the lower 48 states. Super Nintendo genesis hundreds of titles available next to the Wolfgang sports store Wolfgang Kaseane Hanau 2-for-1 Sale on selected go nes titles july 1 amp 2,11 am 6 30 pm july 3, noon 4 30 pm a these guidelines arc a timely and necessary step to improve Quality of life for americans a said or. Philip u. Lee health and human services assistant Secretary for health. A heart failure is a treatable illness that can be managed a he said. A most persons with heart failure can adjust to the invitations imposed by the condition and continue to Lead Active and rewarding  the treatment guidelines for heart failure arc targeted for patients who suffer from the most common Lype of heart failure left ventricular systolic dysfunction which is poor blood circulation caused by weak pumping by the left chamber of the heart. Lee said doctors make inadequate use of cardiac drugs known As angiotensin converting enzyme or Ace inhibitors. 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