Heart failure is a heterogeneous syndrome. Approximately 30–50% of patients with heart failure have normal or near normal left ventricle function. Several epidemiological studies confirm that the ...

"These findings suggest that small variations in the amount of fluid given to a patient with sepsis, or the decision to give less fluid to a patient because they have heart failure, may not have a ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey through a disease state ...

Cystatin C (CysC) is an independent risk factor for adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF) across the ejection ...

An echocardiogram, or echo, is a heart ultrasound. It uses sound waves to create an image of the heart. Doctors can use this image to diagnose heart failure, as well as assess whether heart failure ...

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a type of heart failure that affects the left side of the heart. It occurs when the lower left chamber of the heart, called the left ventricle ...