Routine cardiac markers such as left ventricular ejection fraction and NT-proBNP, even when only mildly abnormal, can predict ...

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For 15 years, Monica McFarlan navigated the grueling reality of life with heart failure. What began as a sudden, ...

Every day is a gift. Riley Laumer embodies that. Laumer, 18, has persevered from the very beginning. Yet, when fans see Laumer around the ballpark, most have no idea what he has endured. His uniform ...

If therapies were to expand to people with mild hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the first in line should be specific ...

A new echocardiographic marker has been proposed that can help predict in advance the severe decline in heart function seen ...

Cardiology societies unveiled the new universal definition of heart failure, with a new focus on early prevention of HF and ...

A 70-year-old woman presents to the ED with chest pain, shortness of breath and diaphoresis. Her symptoms began about 24 ...

A study led by scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) provides new insights into ventricular fibrillation (VF), the most dangerous type of cardiac ...

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...

Cardiac physiologic pacing, also known as cardiac resynchronization therapy, is indicated in patients with heart failure, reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 50% or less, and either a ...