Left bundle branch area pacing is an effective and practical strategy for cardiac resynchronization, according to a ...

Existing data suggests extreme heat can take a toll on patients who live with heart failure. The study at UT Health ...

Heart failure is common in people who have atrial fibrillation detected during screening, according to a presentation today ...

Heart failure affects more than 64 million people worldwide (1%–3% in the general adult population) and its prevalence is ...

Central obesity has to do with deeper fat that builds up in the abdomen. One study’s findings indicate that central obesity, or fat around the belly area, is linked to heart failure. Further analysis ...

Carrying extra fat around the waist may be more dangerous than the number on the scale suggests. Researchers found that belly fat was more strongly linked to heart failure risk than BMI, even in ...

Extra belly fat may be a bigger red flag for heart health than body mass index (BMI), according to a new study. BMI, a screening tool widely used to determine whether people are at a "normal" weight, ...

The pandemic may have passed, but COVID-19 continues to have an impact. New research has tied the virus to an increase in deaths from heart failure – a progressive disease in which the heart’s ...

Shyam Bansal receives funding from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association and the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust. He is a member ...

“It was a massive shock to me and my family," Alex Balmes said Orlando Health Alex Balmes was 30 when he started experiencing symptoms like bloating, weight gain, jitters and fatigue After dismissing ...

Like many people, Alex Balmes doesn’t like going to the doctor. So, when the 30-year-old started experiencing a myriad symptoms, he shrugged them off, chalking the changes up to aging, anxiety, or the ...

Risk for a composite heart failure outcome was reduced by 22% with oral semaglutide in heart failure patients with type 2 diabetes and certain comorbidities, a secondary analysis of a ...