Left-sided heart failure occurs when the left ventricle of the heart is unable to adequately pump blood to the rest of the body. This is the most prevalent type of heart failure and it becomes ...

Yesterday at the Ernest N Morial Convention Center, latest clinical trial findings were disclosed on the use of human engineered heart muscle as biological ventricular assist tissue (BioVAT) ...

Children with congenital complete atrioventricular block often require lifelong pacemaker therapy. Although such therapy restores a normal heart rate, it also results in dyssynchronous left ...

A once-daily polypill containing 3 guideline-directed therapies for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) led ...

Elevated left ventricular mass, known as left-ventricular hypertrophy, is a stronger predictor of coronary artery disease-related death and heart failure than coronary artery calcium score, according ...

Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure and cardiovascular death among patients with chronic heart failure and a left ventricular ...

Adults with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) who took a "polypill" combining medications prescribed for the treatment of heart failure, had improved heart function and symptoms, ...

New trial shows stem cells prevent heart failure after heart attack, offering hope for cardiac recovery. Keep reading.

Right ventricular (RV) failure is a complex problem with poor outcomes. Diagnosis requires a high degree of clinical suspicion, because many of the signs and symptoms of this condition are nonspecific ...

Pulmonary Circulation, Vol. 4, No. 4 (December 2014), pp. 552-559 (8 pages) AbstractPulmonary arterial hypertension is a manifestation of a group of disorders leading to pulmonary vascular remodeling ...