Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Key Takeaways Heart failure happens when the heart can't pump enough blood ...

Incidence of cardiotoxicity after high cumulative dose of anthracyclines in adult patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Arterial stiffness and aortic ...

It is a common perception that approximately 50% of heart failure (HF) patients present with a normal or near-normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction ("HF with preserved systolic function"), ...

Hierarchical composite endpoints for heart failure trials - answering the question: What fraction of the composite endpoint is due to cardiovascular mortality, hospitalization, or quality of life?

When the heart can no longer pump blood efficiently throughout the body, kidney function issues are among the first complications to develop. Congestive heart failure (CHF), a condition that reflects ...

Heart failure occurs when the heart can't pump blood as well as it should. It can affect either the left side of the heart (left-sided heart failure) or the right side (right-sided heart failure).

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey through a disease state ...

Blood pressure consists of two numbers. Systolic pressure, the force exerted on blood vessels when the heart beats, is the upper number. Diastolic pressure, the force exerted when the heart is at rest ...

Heart Failure Awareness Week (HFAW), which takes place February 11-17 2024, was created to encourage education and awareness on heart failure and best practices for prevention.¹ While the entirety of ...

VIENNA, Austria—Patients with chronic heart failure who require cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) fare better when left bundle branch (LBB) pacing is used over traditional biventricular (BiV) ...