Left-sided heart failure can be classified further as heart failure with reduced or preserved ejection fraction: Ejection fraction is the percentage of blood the left ventricle of the heart pumps out ...

Home-based cardiac rehabilitation is noninferior to center-based programs for improving fitness and quality of life for patients with heart failure.

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly common across the heart failure population ... specific and RV-focused metrics obtained from echocardiography and pulmonary artery (PA) ...

imperial.ac.uk Often overlooked, and considered the poor relation of the left ventricle, there is increasing interest in the right ventricle particularly with regard to right ventricular failure ...

Managing heart failure @home (MHF @home) is an approach that aims to support people to manage their heart failure condition and keep well at home. Remote monitoring, when clinically appropriate and ...

New Computational Method Reveals Congestive Heart Failure Feb. 6 ... F.A.S.T. and BE-FAST acronyms motivated people to call 911 right away for a possible stroke, and this impact lasted for ...

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The heart is a muscular organ roughly the size of your fist. As the heart muscle contracts, it propels the blood out into the vascular system. The heart’s chambers and valves are arranged to direct ...

Problems with the right atrium can occur from birth or due to problems with the heart valves or muscles. They can be associated with arrhythmias, blood clots, and heart failure. The right atrium has a ...

Indeed, there are likely many things you never knew your Amazon Echo device could do, even if you happen to already own one. If you don't have one right now, though, you may have some difficulty ...

Heart failure with preserved ejection function is a lethal form of heart failure, with few effective treatments. A team has now identified an enzyme, alpha-kinase 2 (ALPK2), that is specifically ...