Global health experts have updated the definition and guidelines for heart failure to address its rising prevalence. The ...

Panelists discuss how effective heart failure management requires collaborative care across multiple specialties (primary care, cardiology, endocrinology, nephrology) with advanced practice providers ...

Heart failure (HF) remains a pressing health concern, with rising prevalence globally. Subjectivity and ambiguity in the definition of HF and its antecedent stages have limited research, global ...

When the heart struggles to pump efficiently, a cascade of events unfolds. Fluid accumulates in the lungs and extremities. Breathing becomes labored. Simple activities like climbing stairs or carrying ...

Adults who have heart failure with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 40% or more face a high risk of hospitalization for heart failure and cardiovascular death. People who have heart failure ...

A "polypill" combining three medications recommended to treat heart failure into a single daily dose proved far more ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

An increasing proportion of patients with heart failure receive a combination of four medications shown to improve prognosis and recommended in guidelines. However, there is still room for improving ...

Advanced heart failure is when heart failure progresses to the most severe stage. When you have advanced heart failure, your blood pressure, blood flow, kidney and liver function, exercise capacity, ...

The combination of sacubitril and valsartan appeared superior to enalapril in the first randomized trial to generate high-quality evidence to support a drug treatment specifically for patients with ...