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.

The second universal definition of heart failure moves away from specific EF cutoffs to classify patients into clinically actionable groups.

Researchers at the Technion Faculty of Biomedical Engineering have achieved a breakthrough in the early detection of heart ...

For decades, medical science has treated heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and chronic kidney disease as separate, isolated ...

Diastolic heart failure means there’s a problem with your heart’s ability to fill with blood. It’s a type of congestive heart failure where your heart cannot work efficiently, leading to fluid ...

Decompensated heart failure (DHF) means that symptoms from heart failure are severe enough to require immediate medical attention. Dyspnea or shortness of breath is the most common symptom of DHF.

Heart failure is when the heart does not pump enough blood around the body. Biventricular heart failure is when chambers on both sides of the heart, known as ventricles, are affected. Doctors classify ...