The drug is derived from the foxglove plant (Digitalis purpurea), which was first described as a treatment for “dropsy” — now ...

A new peer-reviewed study led by Truveta and collaborators at Yale School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, and Duke University School of Medicine found that most patients with newly identified ...

Background Introduction of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) has transformed the care of heart failure (HF) with ...

Inconsistent adherence to the guidelines led to delayed heart failure treatment optimization and underutilization of key therapies. Published in the European Journal of Heart Failure, the survey ...

Adults who have heart failure with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 40% or more face a high risk of hospitalization for heart failure and cardiovascular death. People who have heart failure ...

The researchers of a recent British Medical Journal paper reviewed heart failure diagnosis and management data. Heart failure has led to considerable health and financial burdens globally, especially ...

Reclassifying HFmrEF as a stable phenotype aims to reduce therapeutic inertia and GDMT underuse driven by heterogeneous ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Advanced heart failure is when heart failure progresses to the most severe stage. When you have advanced heart failure, your blood pressure, blood flow, kidney and liver function, exercise capacity, ...

Credit: Getty Images A 65-year-old woman presents to her primary care provider with a chief complaint of "feeling winded" for the last 3 weeks. A 65-year-old woman presents to her primary care ...