Heart failure management includes the four pillars (quad therapy) in HFrEF and HFpEF, plus advances in heart transplantation ...

TUPELO — The key to treating congestive heart failure is addressing the underlying causes, and treatment is highly tailored to each patient's needs. Chris Bell, an acute care nurse practitioner who ...

Implantation of a left ventricular assist device offers survival outcomes similar to heart transplantation in young patients ...

Panelists discuss how ARNIs like sacubitril-valsartan provide superior outcomes compared with ACE inhibitors in HFrEF (20% reduction in cardiovascular events, 16% mortality reduction), with broad FDA ...

Wearable defibrillator maker Kestra Medical went public in March 2025, not long after automated insulin pump maker Beta ...

Panelists discuss how payers typically require step therapy with SGLT2 inhibitors before approving nonsteroidal MRAs due to cost considerations, while acknowledging the need for head-to-head trials to ...

Older patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction continue to experience a high clinical and economic burden even after receiving quadruple medical therapy.

When the heart struggles to pump efficiently, a cascade of events unfolds. Fluid accumulates in the lungs and extremities. Breathing becomes labored. Simple activities like climbing stairs or carrying ...

Heart failure affects millions of Americans and remains one of the leading causes of hospitalization among older adults, ...

After developing heart failure, 52.6 percent of patients die within five years, and the most significant cause of heart failure is a heart attack, which affects more than 800,000 Americans each year.

CRT is a surgical procedure in which doctors implant a pacemaker in both the right and left sides of the heart to help your heart’s chambers beat together. The goal is to improve heart pumping ...

Q. What does preventive cardiology mean? A. Preventive cardiology is about stopping heart attacks and strokes before they happen. A lot of people think cardiologists only treat disease after something ...