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 ...

persistently raised pulmonary pressures and right heart failure. Surgical pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) offers significant prognostic and symptomatic benefits for patients with proximal disease ...

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

Another negative AF ablation trial, predicting AF after stroke, the value of RCTs, troponin testing in the ED and surgical aortic valve choice are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses this week.

A serious condition of pregnancy called preeclampsia can cause pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs ... A medical professional should evaluate for causes like heart failure, kidney disease, or ...

Data were extracted from a government-funded multicenter registry covering the Tokyo metropolitan area, comprising consecutive patients hospitalized in intensive/cardiovascular care units with a ...

In PAH, narrowing of the the blood vessels that pass through the lungs, or pulmonary arteries, restricts blood flow and leads to high blood pressure, or hypertension. This makes the right heart work ...

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is an abnormal connection between the left and right atrium. ASD can lead to mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood. Depending on its size, it can lead to heart failure ...

Pulmonary artery pressure monitoring systems use sensors to collect data on pulmonary artery pressure in people with chronic heart failure to allow for ongoing remote monitoring. A pulmonary artery ...