People may experience different symptoms of heart failure (congestive heart failure) depending on how much of the heart’s pumping capacity has been affected.

Certain health conditions, such as obesity and AFib, and leading an unhealthy lifestyle can increase the functional age of the heart, causing premature aging by 5–45 years, a new study finds.

Diastolic heart failure is used to indicate that the left ventricle does not fill with blood as it should during the diastolic phase. This happens when the heart muscle becomes stiff. With diastolic ...

Compared to those without heart failure, the rate of flu-related hospitalization was highest for patients with congestive heart failure followed by COPD and blood disorders, the data showed.

VIENNA, Austria—Patients with chronic heart failure who require cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) fare better when left bundle branch (LBB) pacing is used over traditional biventricular (BiV) ...

In some patients with diastolic heart failure, ACE inhibitors may decrease rehospitalization rates. In experimental studies, ACE inhibitors and AT1 blockers have been shown to enhance myocardial ...

TULSA, Okla. — Some people with congestive heart failure are getting the chance to try a new treatment. Saint Francis is in the middle of a two-year double-blind clinical trial for a device that ...

Left-sided heart failure occurs when the left ventricle can't supply enough blood to the rest of the body, causing blood to pool on the left side of the heart. Left-sided heart failure can be ...

Diastolic Heart Failure: ... presence of signs or symptoms of congestive HF; 2) ... objective evidence of normal LV systolic function in proximity to the chronic HF event; ...

A chronic cough that produces white or pink blood-tinged mucus can be an indicator of congestive heart failure. This cough is often due to fluid buildup in the lungs, known as pulmonary edema. 2 3.

Heart failure can be chronic (the disease worsens over time) or acute (the disease begins suddenly). Chronic heart failure may commonly be referred to as congestive heart failure. We treat several ...

Systolic congestive heart failure is when the left side of the heart weakens, and the heart can't pump effectively. It can cause a variety of symptoms.