The types of heart disease represented in the series are shown in Table 2. There were 7 patients (12 per cent) with acute myocardial infarction and congestive failure; all 7 are included in the ...

A chest X-ray and ultrasound can also be used to help diagnose pleural effusion. If congestive heart disease is definitively diagnosed, your cardiologist would classify the failure based on a review ...

X-ray examinations ... approach, heart blood being aspirated on one occasion, but no pericardial fluid was obtained. It was concluded that the patient was in congestive heart failure on the ...

Congestive heart failure (CHF) occurs when your heart muscles become damaged and can't pump enough oxygen-rich blood to the rest of your organs. Several underlying health conditions can raise your ...

Congestive heart failure, or heart failure (HF), happens when there is a structural or functional problem with your heart, making it difficult for your heart to pump blood to vital organs.

We know that exercise is good for our hearts and overall health. But is that true for people living with heart failure? And ...

Valuable data can successfully be collected with the noninvasive wearable, which is worn on the sternum, report investigators ...

For the four in 10 patients with newly diagnosed heart failure who also have the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation, ...

Systolic congestive heart failure, or systolic heart failure, is a type of heart failure that involves the left side of the ...

Carol R. Regueiro, MD, MSc, of Allegheny Health Network (AHN), explains how AHN's congestive heart failure bundle has enhanced collaboration between cardiology and primary care. She noted that the ...