The mechanism behind β-blockers' potential in improving diastolic ... chronic heart failure; QoL = quality of life. ACE = angiotensin-converting enzyme; BNP = brain natriuretic peptide; CHF ...

Chronic heart failure develops over time from medical conditions such as long-term hypertension (high blood pressure) or coronary artery disease. Many people use the terms heart failure and congestive ...

Objective: To assess health related quality of life of patients with congestive heart failure; to compare their quality of life with the previously characterised general population and in those with ...

there is compelling rationale for extending the preliminary physiologic benefits of sildenafil seen in 'systolic' heart failure to the population with 'diastolic' heart failure. The RELAX trial ...

Researchers from the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine identified an enzyme, alpha-kinase 2 (ALPK2) that is ...

The severity of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction affects risk for incident stroke and transient ischemic attack, as well as major bleeding.

People hospitalized for infections—almost any infections—are at substantially increased risk years later for heart failure, ...

Background Early heart failure (HF) diagnosis is crucial to ensure that optimal guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is ...

The following is a summary of “Patient Characteristics, Management and Long-term Outcomes of Patients with Cardiogenic Shock ...

The following is a summary of “Reduced antioxidant high-density lipoprotein function in heart failure with preserved ejection ...