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 ...

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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 ...

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Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Key Takeaways Heart failure happens when the heart can't pump enough blood ...

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Heart failure occurs when the heart can't pump blood as well as it should. It can affect either the left side of the heart (left-sided heart failure) or the right side (right-sided heart failure).