A team of physicists has developed a groundbreaking method for detecting congestive heart failure with greater ease and precision than previously thought possible. This multidisciplinary study, ...

High blood pressure causes your heart's walls to thicken, which increases your risk of congestive heart failure (CHF).

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

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 ...

Diuretics serve as essential but symptomatic therapy in heart failure management, functioning primarily as a “bailout ...

Michael Gotthardt at the Max Delbrück Center and collaborators are developing a drug to treat a common type of heart failure ...

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.

Heart attack and heart failure are two distinct but often confused cardiovascular conditions. A heart attack occurs suddenly when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked, causing tissue ...

World Heart Day is observed annually on September 29 to raise awareness about cardiovascular health and the prevention of heart diseases. According to the latest report by the World Health ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . About 6.7 million Americans have heart failure and it accounts for 45% of heart-related deaths. One in four ...

UC Health is making history with a groundbreaking cardiac procedure. A team of surgeons performed a world-first operation that could change the way heart failure patients are treated.A team of ...

Heart failure is when the heart no longer functions properly and cannot pump enough blood throughout the body. Here's how to know if you're at risk.