Panelists discuss how heart failure classification involves HFrEF vs HFpEF distinctions and staging systems (A through D), with the greatest prevention opportunities existing in early stages A and B, ...

Systolic congestive heart failure involves the left side of your heart losing its ability to pump effectively. Common ...

A risk score based on 13 independent risk factors can accurately predict the prognosis of patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) with acute heart failure (AHF), a study has shown.

A heart failure cough is a persistent cough in someone with late- or end-stage congestive heart failure. The cough may sound like whistling, be "wet," and be accompanied by mucus. A heart failure ...

The original ECHOES study screened a total of 6162 randomly selected participants from 16 practices in central England, which were themselves randomly sampled from lists of practices stratified into ...

You can follow a treatment plan and take medications as a doctor prescribes to manage congestive heart failure. Eat a heart-healthy diet and stay physically active to slow heart failure progression.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High heart failure hospitalization and mortality rates could be due in part to poor medication adherence. A ...

Congestive heart failure (CHF) means your heart can’t pump enough blood to keep up with your body’s needs. Problems can emerge when not enough oxygen-rich blood gets pumped back out to the organs. CHF ...

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 ...