Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a type of heart failure that affects the left side of the heart. It occurs when the lower left chamber of the heart, called the left ventricle ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband is 73 and was diagnosed with heart failure and a severely dilated left ventricle. At the time, he was pumping 10 liters per minute. He had a proBNP natriuretic peptide level ...
BOSTON -- Early cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) benefited patients with moderately reduced ejection fraction (EF) and left bundle branch block (LBBB) but no indication for pacing, according to ...
Bayer today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved KERENDIA® (finerenone) to treat patients with heart failure (HF) with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥40%, 1 ...
Whether revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can improve event-free survival and left ventricular function in patients with severe ischemic left ventricular systolic ...
The catheter-delivered implant uses the right ventricle to support the left, improving left ventricle ejection fraction and helping restore the heart’s normal shape. Today, the FDA granted a ...
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 ...
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Heart failure is a heterogeneous syndrome. Approximately 30–50% of patients with heart failure have normal or near normal left ventricle function. Several epidemiological studies confirm that the ...