Is your heart functioning properly? There is a test which can measure this, which is often recommended by medical ...

CHICAGO, IL—An unconventional approach to combat left ventricular remodeling following myocardial infarction appears to improve heart function and patient symptoms, although investigators caution it’s ...

Background The Heart Failure Association Pre-test Assessment, Echocardiography and Natriuretic Peptide, Functional testing, ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey through a disease state ...

BOSTON -- Early cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) benefited patients with moderately reduced ejection fraction (EF) and left bundle branch block (LBBB) but no indication for pacing, according to ...

The cardiovascular safety of an interrupting beta-blocker could not be shown in comparison to continuation in patients with a history of myocardial infarction (MI) and there was no benefit to the ...

Among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), lower versus higher ranges of EF signal fundamentally different morphologies and hemodynamic responses, which may have ...

AI-enhanced single-shot cine MRI produces superior image quality and provides ventricular measurements comparable to ...

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a type of heart failure that affects the left side of the heart. It occurs when the lower left chamber of the heart, called the left ventricle ...