Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome affecting around 70 million individuals globally. It has a prevalence of 2% in ...

Heart failure (HF) imposes a large and growing burden on the population, with a prevalence that is projected to increase to more than 8 million adults by 2030. The high risk of morbidity and mortality ...

San Francisco, CA, Dec. 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eko, a digital health company applying artificial intelligence (AI) in the fight against heart disease, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) reduced the risk of cardiovascular death or heart failure (HF) hospitalization in patients with HF and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and also in those ...

The role of ACE inhibitors in the management of HFPEF is less significant compared with their role in the management of heart failure with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. For patients with ...

The FDA has granted Fast Track designation to VS-041, an investigational therapy for the treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Restore Medical Ltd., a privately held medical device company developing a novel transcatheter therapy for heart failure, today announced the appointment of Chris Cleary, former Senior Vice President ...

Improvements in optimal medical therapy for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) have helped reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD)—in the modern era, though, just ...

Panelists discuss how ARNIs like sacubitril-valsartan provide superior outcomes compared with ACE inhibitors in HFrEF (20% reduction in cardiovascular events, 16% mortality reduction), with broad FDA ...

Current guideline recommendations for the use of beta-blockers after myocardial infarction without reduced ejection fraction are based on trials conducted before routine reperfusion, invasive care, ...

PUMPING FOR LIFE: Ejection fraction is a measure of how much blood your heart is pumping. With each heartbeat, the heart contracts and relaxes. As it contracts, the left and right ventricles eject ...