End-stage heart failure is increasingly treatable with advanced therapies like LVADs and heart transplantation, offering ...

In women, heart failure is most often due to nonischemic heart disease. This may partially explain why women have an overall better prognosis and lower mortality than men, whose heart failure is often ...

My journey began as a heart failure case manager at Vanderbilt University in 1998, where I worked closely with and advocated for many heart failure patients. I’ve been the president of the American ...

The United States has an increasing number of patients with heart failure (HF) who experience significant disease burden as well as contribute to high economic healthcare costs and usage of healthcare ...

A study reveals that non-cardiovascular medications increase hospital readmission risks in heart failure patients, ...

Decompensated heart failure (DHF) means that symptoms from heart failure are severe enough to require immediate medical attention. Dyspnea or shortness of breath is the most common symptom of DHF.

Heart failure means that a person’s heart is unable to pump blood around their body properly. Heart failure can reduce liver and kidney function and cause fluid to build up in the organs. As a result, ...

Diastolic heart failure means there’s a problem with your heart’s ability to fill with blood. It’s a type of congestive heart failure where your heart cannot work efficiently, leading to fluid ...

The SGLT2 inhibitor medicines have changed how heart failure is managed. Originally, sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors were used to lower blood sugar levels in people who have type 2 ...