LISBON — Patients with decompensated heart failure who have bendopnea on discharge from hospital appear to be at significantly increased risk for all-cause mortality within 2 years, reported ...

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 ...

When a patient with heart failure has received a new heart and survives - the transplantation is deemed a success. However, healthcare overlooks heart recipients who suffer from long-term and often ...

Heart failure-related deaths in homes or hospices increased from 17.33% in 1999 to 41.15% in 2022, while those in medical facilities and nursing homes decreased. Racial disparities persist, with ...

Some people with heart failure need to take multiple medicines each day in order to keep their symptoms under control. Heart failure not only leads to issues in the heart but other organs in the body ...

Plus, the lifestyle factors and medical conditions that could be putting you at risk of heart failure in the first place HEART failure can be hard to spot because its symptoms can be subtle and easily ...

In a breakthrough for diagnostics, scientists have created an easy and effective test that identifies a heart failure biomarker in saliva, opening the door to more rapid and accessible life-saving ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a condition that causes the heart to beat rapidly and irregularly. This can lead to heart failure, which develops when the heart is not pumping blood efficiently around ...

High output and low output heart failure refer to how much blood your heart pumps to your body with each heartbeat. In both cases, the output is not enough to meet your body’s needs. A diagnosis of ...

A simple neck scan could help to pick up early warning signs of heart failure in men, a study suggests. The method – similar to ultrasounds offered during pregnancy – is “safe, cheap and painless”, ...

A simple neck scan can identify men with double the risk of heart failure, according to research led by University College London. A carotid ultrasound, like the ultrasound for pregnant women, is ...