DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband is 73 and was diagnosed with heart failure and a severely dilated left ventricle. At the time, he was pumping 10 liters per minute. He had a proBNP natriuretic peptide level ...

Heart failure can occur at any age, but the elderly are at higher risk. The most common causes are coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and smoking. With rapidly changing ...

In recognition of American Heart Month this February, MyMichigan will dedicate its Monday column to a series of educational articles about heart health. This week features heart failure. The Centers ...

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 ...

Knowing what sets the big three heart dangers apart saves lives. While heart attack, cardiac arrest, and heart failure might sound like different ways to describe the same thing, each is unique.

The SGLT2 inhibitor medicines have changed how heart failure is managed. Originally sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors were used to lower blood sugar levels in people who have type 2 ...

His daughter, Caley Chase, said that he doesn’t recall any of the incidents because he “came back from the dead,” bringing up ...

How Does Jardiance Work for Heart Failure? Jardiance helps to lower the workload on the heart. Normally, the kidneys filter in a way that keeps all of the sugar in the bloodstream rather than allowing ...