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 ...

Living with a heart that struggles to pump effectively creates daily challenges for millions of Americans. Systolic heart failure fundamentally changes how patients experience everyday activities.

Chicago, IL - Prolongation of the QRS interval, an electrocardiographic marker for ventricular dyssynchrony, is present in more than a third of low-LVEF patients hospitalized for acute heart failure ...

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 ...

Research from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital suggests tai chi exercise may improve the quality of life for patients with systolic ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto, Novartis) for the treatment of symptomatic heart failure (HF) with systemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction ...

—Starting cardiac medications, using the proper timing and dosing, to optimize the efficacy of therapies and improve patient outcomes, is key to cardiac care for patients with Duchenne muscular ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cardiomyopathy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy possesses a unique pathophysiology. Integrated wall stress can be ...

Adults with hypertension who have prediabetes and subclinical myocardial injury or stress face a higher risk of incident ...