Symptoms and signs of heart failure, a left ventricular ejection fraction of 50% or greater, and evidence of cardiac structural abnormalities at rest or with exercise are required for the diagnosis.

Patients with end-stage heart failure and low pulmonary capillary wedge pressure are referred to as cold and dry and represent an understudied minority in whom the benefit of left ventricular assist ...

FATIGUE is quite normal for this time of year, especially after the festive period. But it can also be a sign that you are not eating enough nutrients or a sufficient amount of food, which can ...

One potential sign of congestive heart failure is a cardiac cough, which is a wet or productive cough. It may occur as a result of fluid buildup in the lungs. However, it can also be a side effect ...

Types of heart failure include: Right-sided heart failure Left-sided heart failure Biventricular heart failure Right-sided heart failure occurs when the right ventricle (one of the heart's two lower ...

This can cause blood to back up in the veins and cause symptoms like swelling and nausea. Left-sided heart failure usually occurs first. Right-sided heart failure is typically a result of left ...

However, patients who had only or predominantly left-sided heart failure improved considerably with the loss of relatively small amounts of edema fluid from the lungs. It is possible that failure ...

This causes blood to pool on the right side of the heart. Biventricular heart failure involves both the right and left sides of the heart ... or worsening signs of fluid buildup such as: Ankle ...

The condition can cause heart failure if left untreated. In the year 2023/24, there were 191,927 hospital admissions in England where the main reason was a lack of iron, up 11% on the previous ...

The Wanted singer, 36, had a pacemaker fitted after being rushed to hospital when he felt ‘really unwell’ and had a low heart rate ... feeling in the left side of my chest.

The 28-year-old played through most of the season with a fractured bone in his left hand, and he suffered a right elbow contusion on his throwing arm last week. It didn’t seem to bother him much ...

Unfortunately, concerns of weight gain, edema, and the potential to exacerbate or precipitate heart failure may limit the use of TZDs, especially in heart failure patients.