Because life expectancy and the prevalence of risk factors such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes are rising globally, heart failure (HF) is growing into a major health problem. Impairment of ...

Chronic heart failure occurs when either the left ... and high output HF are discussed elsewhere. Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is manifest when increased filling pressure (ie, left ...

The initial clinical assessments elicited stark awareness of a syndromic condition of varied causes (originally rheumatic heart disease, hypertension, and coronary disease) characterized by abysmal ...

Diastolic dysfunction occurs when the left ventricular myocardium is non-compliant and not able to accept blood return in a normal fashion from the left atrium. This can be a normal physiologic ...

It should be appreciated that clinical heart failure with preserved systolic function (diastolic heart failure) can be caused by heterogeneous pathophysiologic conditions. Hypertrophic ...

This includes right-sided heart failure and left-sided heart failure. Heart failure, also known as congestive heart failure, is a condition that occurs when your heart either can’t fill up with ...

New study shows tirzepatide reduces LV mass and heart fat in obesity-related HFpEF, potentially improving heart failure outcomes.

Saint Francis is in the middle of a two-year double-blind clinical trail for a device that could potentially help people with congestive heart failure. When Gail Knox was diagnosed with a type of ...