The secrets of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are written in its very name. Idiopathic refers to a disease of unknown ...

We often see heart attacks as sudden, dramatic events, often depicted on television. It shows someone clutching their chest, ...

Summary of the Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure program impact as of 2024. CAH indicates critical access hospital. Credit: Circulation: Heart Failure (2025). DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.125 ...

Advances in heart failure treatment have reduced hospitalizations by up to 30% and extended lives by years. Learn about prevention strategies and research developments.

Foot edema: when heart failure shows in swollen ankles. Swelling in the feet and ankles, medically termed edema, frequently signals heart failure—sometimes before other symptoms emerge.

Patients with heart failure have been advised to restrict fluids for decades, and the advice appears as recently as 2022 in US guidelines. However, fluid restriction is based on an intuitive idea ...

But the biggest factor, doctors said, is likely the rise in metabolic risk factors like obesity and diabetes — and in ever-younger patients. In 2021, there were nearly 48 heart failure deaths ...

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is noted for symptoms of heart failure, LVEF of at least 50%, and cardiac or structural abnormalities. Treatment includes diuretics and SGLT2 inhibitors.

New gene therapy reverses heart failure in large animal model Date: December 10, 2024 Source: University of Utah Health Summary: In a single IV injection, a gene therapy targeting cBIN1 can ...

A remote monitoring program launched by UMass Memorial Health–Harrington led to a 50% reduction in 30-day readmissions for patients with congestive heart failure, according to a news release. 1 ...

Congestive heart failure typically isn’t reversible, but there are steps you can take to manage symptoms and slow the progression of this condition.