Heart failure sounds scary – because it is. But here’s the thing: millions of Americans are walking around right now with a specific type called systolic heart failure, and many don’t even know it.

The heart is a muscle like no other, beating 60 to 100 times per minute on average, around the clock. But when it grows weak, it can lead to serious problems: from debilitating shortness of breath and ...

Heart failure sounds alarming—and rightfully so. Yet approximately 6.5 million Americans currently live with this condition, many with the specific variant called systolic heart failure, and a ...

Demographic, systemic sclerosis (SSc)-specific, and cardiac factors raised the risk for left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) in a study of patients with SSc. Researchers used the Johns Hopkins ...

To distinguish the two groups, you really need to see the echocardiogram and the measurement of LVEF. "That doesn't preclude that these medications could have a longer-term benefit—maybe the ...

Short-term Atrial Shunt Device-Induced Changes in Cardiac Structure/Function and Risk of Subsequent Heart Failure Events: Findings from the REDUCE-LAP HF II Randomized Clinical Trial Receive the the ...

Optimal NT-proBNP cut-off values increased progressively with advancing CKD: 694 pg/mL in Stage 3a, 1,452 pg/mL in Stage 3b, 1,562 pg/mL in Stage 4, and 2,121 pg/mL in Stage 5. After adjusting for ...