Decompensated heart failure (DHF) means that symptoms from heart failure are severe enough to require immediate medical attention. Dyspnea or shortness of breath is the most common symptom of DHF.

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 ...

Some people with heart failure need to take multiple medicines each day in order to keep their symptoms under control. Heart failure not only leads to issues in the heart but other organs in the body ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a condition that causes the heart to beat rapidly and irregularly. This can lead to heart failure, which develops when the heart is not pumping blood efficiently around ...

When the heart can no longer pump blood efficiently throughout the body, kidney function issues are among the first complications to develop. Congestive heart failure (CHF), a condition that reflects ...

Ferric carboxymaltose therapy reduces symptoms and improves quality of life in patients who have heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction and iron deficiency. Additional evidence about the ...

It’s important to protect our hearts, and we’re not talking in the metaphorical sense. The heart is the lifeblood of the body—the reason why your brain gets oxygen to think, your hands are warm enough ...

Heart failure may occur at a younger age for a number of reasons, such as inherited heart disease or problems with the heart’s rhythm. Other factors, including a family history of heart failure, the ...

A new gene therapy can reverse the effects of heart failure and restore heart function in a large animal model. The therapy increases the amount of blood the heart can pump and dramatically improves ...

Smoking can cause heart disease and is a risk factor for heart failure. Current and former smokers have roughly double the risk of heart failure of people who have never smoked. The information above ...