Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD Systolic congestive heart failure involves the left side of your heart losing its ability to pump effectively.Common symptoms include shortness of breath, ...

B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) as well as its N-terminal fragment (NT-proBNP) can provide useful diagnostic and prognostic information in patients with acute dyspnea and chronic heart failure.

Panelists discuss how heart failure affects 1 in 4 people over their lifetime with 7 million current cases in the US, while Optum Health has implemented an innovative screening program using symptom ...

Some people with heart failure need to take multiple medicines each day in order to keep their symptoms under control. Heart failure not only leads to issues in the heart but other organs in the body ...

A new study by the Annals of Internal Medicine finds 15 million American adults could be at elevated risk for heart failure. Dr. Darien Sutton explains why. 24,333 people played the daily Crossword ...

Data are lacking about the relationship between type 2 diabetes and the risks of heart failure (HF) among people with elevated cardiac biomarkers. This information is particularly scant among Black ...

Swollen ankles are often overlooked, but they can be an early warning sign of heart failure, a condition where the heart cannot pump blood effectively. One of the most visible symptoms of heart ...

More than 99% of people who went on to suffer a heart attack, stroke or heart failure already had at least one risk factor ...