Heart failure remains a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality. Despite numerous therapeutic advancements over the past decade, there are populations in whom therapy is insufficient, ...

Enhancement of self-care ability is essential for patients with heart failure (HF), and executive function plays a critical role. We investigated the clinical influence of a home-based remote care ...

It is a common perception that approximately 50% of heart failure (HF) patients present with a normal or near-normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction ("HF with preserved systolic function"), ...

Researchers at the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, and the University of Utah School of Medicine, have demonstrated that a gene therapy can ...

Heart failure is a serious health condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Although the name sounds alarming, ...

Heart failure is a decline in cardiac function caused by a variety of conditions that reduce myocardial contractility and can lead to cardiovascular events with poor prognosis. 1 With the development ...

During embryonic development, the right ventricle is formed from the secondary heart field into a crescent-shaped, thin-walled structure. 6 It is the most anterior heart chamber, sitting just beneath ...

Heart failure is a medical condition that affects your heart’s ability to pump blood as it should. The condition is typically progressive, meaning that it gets worse over time. Your body usually tries ...

Fulminant liver failure, or acute liver failure, is a life threatening condition that happens when liver function rapidly deteriorates. It can affect people with no preexisting liver disease. The ...

Many people wonder if renal failure is the same as kidney failure. In short, they are different names for the same condition. A person has kidney failure, or renal failure, if their kidneys can no ...