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).

Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome affecting around 70 million individuals globally. It has a prevalence of 2% in Europe and North America and approximately 1% in Asia and South America.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Fluid restriction has long been recommended for patients with HF. Restricted vs. liberal fluid restriction did ...

This infographic details the rationale and main findings of this study, which sheds light on how overlapping chronic conditions are associated with physical function and prognosis in older people with ...

Ventura's permanent interatrial shunt was designed to shunt blood from the left to right atrium to improve symptoms in ...

VIENNA, Austria—Patients with chronic heart failure who require cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) fare better when left bundle branch (LBB) pacing is used over traditional biventricular (BiV) ...

Deaths from cardiac conditions like heart failure, high blood pressure, and heart rhythm disorders are on the rise, a new study finds. Overall heart disease deaths rates have dropped 66 percent over ...

A new gene therapy can reverse the effects of heart failure and restore heart function in a large animal model. The therapy increases the amount of blood the heart can pump and dramatically improves ...

Researchers have found evidence that taking melatonin for a year or more is associated with a higher risk of heart failure. Reading time 2 minutes Melatonin is a well-known go-to sleep aid, but ...