It is a common perception that approximately 50% of heart failure (HF) patients present with a normal or near-normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction ("HF with preserved systolic function"), ...
Heart failure sounds alarming—and rightfully so. Yet approximately 6.5 million Americans currently live with this condition, many with the specific variant called systolic heart failure, and a ...
Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Key Takeaways Heart failure happens when the heart can't pump enough blood throughout the body. Chronic heart failure often happens because of other medical ...
Chicago, IL - Prolongation of the QRS interval, an electrocardiographic marker for ventricular dyssynchrony, is present in more than a third of low-LVEF patients hospitalized for acute heart failure ...
Living with a heart that struggles to pump effectively creates daily challenges for millions of Americans. Systolic heart failure fundamentally changes how patients experience everyday activities.
Findings from the TAVR UNLOAD study found limited benefits of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in the treatment of heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and moderate ...
The heart is a muscle like no other, beating 60 to 100 times per minute on average, around the clock. But when it grows weak, it can lead to serious problems: from debilitating shortness of breath and ...
The study involved 7 children weighing 8 kg to 30 kg; all children survived, 5 to transplant and 1 to recovery. HealthDay News — The Jarvik 2015 left ventricular assist device (LVAD) seems promising ...
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Background There is a lack of contemporary data describing patients with left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction post ...
M ore than 6 million adults in the United States have heart failure. Of these, about half have diastolic heart failure and the other half have systolic heart failure. In February 2021, the U.S. Food ...