Leading cardiovascular societies have developed the second universal definition of heart failure that updates how it is classified and identified, hoping to improve diagnosis and management.

In a population of patients with HF and low ejection, those aged at least 63 years had significantly reduced verbal memory compared with younger patients, new study results indicated. The ...

Treatment with a "polypill" that combines multiple medications into a single daily dose significantly enhanced cardiac ...

Heart failure, a condition where the heart struggles to pump blood efficiently to meet the body's needs, comes in various forms and one of them, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), ...

NICE has recommended a nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist that lowers worsening heart failure events in adults with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction.

Q: Can you tell me about ejection fractions? My wife’s heart doctor recently told us that her heart is weak, and she has a low ejection fraction. He did not discuss this much, but he has put her on ...

Jim Januzzi, MD, outlines a multitude of drug treatment options for heart failure revolving around patient ejection fraction (EF) status. Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA: As we start to transition ...

Among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), lower versus higher ranges of EF signal fundamentally different morphologies and hemodynamic responses, which may have ...

A pooled analysis of two randomized trials has demonstrated the beneficial effects of empagliflozin in patients with heart failure with a reduced and preserved ejection fraction. The late breaking ...

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 ...