Panelists discuss how heart failure classification involves HFrEF vs HFpEF distinctions and staging systems (A through D), with the greatest prevention opportunities existing in early stages A and B, ...

Heart failure (sometimes known as congestive heart failure [CHF]) is a serious condition in which the heart is not pumping efficiently. It is a chronic condition that is the result of other cardiac ...

A heart failure cough is a persistent cough in someone with late- or end-stage congestive heart failure. The cough may sound like whistling, be "wet," and be accompanied by mucus. A heart failure ...

Thousands of patients in England with early-stage chronic heart failure could benefit from earlier access to effective drug therapies under new draft guidance from the National Institute for Health ...

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 ...

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...

The therapeutic efficacy of the cardiac glycoside digitoxin in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction is not established. In this international, double-blind, placebo-controlled ...