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).

Congestive heart failure is a chronic heart condition that usually occurs in older people However people with a history of ...

The exploration started in 2004 with a 62-year-old man who presented to an emergency department with acute shortness of breath, tachycardia with chest discomfort, and light-headedness, Amado Alejandro ...

Heart failure is a global health issue. There is a common notion that heart failures can cause permanent damage and can never ...

Heart failure, or congestive heart failure, is a long-term medical condition that occurs when the heart doesn’t pump blood as effectively as it should. When the heart doesn’t pump properly, the ...

More than six million Americans have heart failure, meaning the heart can’t pump enough blood to support the rest of the organs in the body. For years, doctors have used LVADs – left ventricular ...

Amresh Raina, MD, is director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Allegheny General Hospital and the Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That’s a very ...

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 ...