A multicenter study has identified a potential new treatment for acute heart failure, a leading cause of hospitalization and death. A multicenter study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center ...

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).

Case demonstrates initiation of a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor in a patient with type 2 diabetes and heart failure. A 56-year-old man with a history of hypertension and type 2 ...

NICE has published updated guidance on the diagnosis and management of acute heart failure (AHF). The guideline includes recommendations on diagnosis, assessment and monitoring, initial ...

Background The role of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) in acute myocardial infarction (MI) remains controversial, with conflicting evidence from landmark trials. We aimed to assess the ...

Empagliflozin improves cardiovascular outcomes in patients with heart failure, patients with type 2 diabetes who are at high cardiovascular risk, and patients with chronic kidney disease. The safety ...

Why has a 64-year-old man become increasingly short of breath over the past 2 weeks? That's what Sandra K. Rabat, DO, of A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Mesa, Arizona, and ...

Background Malnutrition influences prognosis in patients with heart failure, but current nutritional evaluation methods are ...