A new review in Current Cardiology Reviews maps how heart failure management is shifting toward precision medicine—pairing proven therapies (notably SGLT2 inhibitors across the ejection fraction ...

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 ...

Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is an increasingly recognized yet frequently underdiagnosed cause of heart ...

SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - Did you know heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States? February is American Heart Month. It’s a time to focus on cardiovascular disease (CVD) which can ...

At Wellstar West Georgia in LaGrange, a former hospital vice president is changing heart failure care by helping patients ...

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 ...

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.

A low dose of digoxin ensures that people with heart failure are hospitalized and die less frequently. This emerges from ...

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 ...

Heart failure is when the heart does not pump enough blood around the body. Biventricular heart failure is when chambers on both sides of the heart, known as ventricles, are affected. Doctors classify ...

Purdue University Scho o l of Nursing students place their hands into a large, beating human heart, immersing themselves into anatomy rather than simply studying it. “Nursing is very hands-on,” Nagle ...