In partnership with Abbott, the American Heart Association has launched a $3 million initiative to address knowledge gaps found within heart failure treatment education that may be contributing to ...

A novel approach to removing excess fluid through the skin and a new strategy to prevent right ventricular failure after LVAD implantation are among the highlights of the January issue of the Journal ...

Heart Failure Awareness Week (HFAW), which takes place February 11-17 2024, was created to encourage education and awareness on heart failure and best practices for prevention.¹ While the entirety of ...

Despite cardiovascular diseases being the leading cause of death among Americans for the past 100 years, more than half of adults are unaware of this sobering fact. This shows that the state of ...

About 6.7 million American adults are living with heart failure (HF), and prevalence is expected to reach more than 8 million by 2030. While there is no cure for HF, many people with this condition ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women in the United States. Although it is largely preventable, each year more than 300,000 women, or 1 in every 5, die from heart disease, according ...

More than 915,000 Americans will be diagnosed with heart failure this year, according to the recently published American Heart Association 2016 Statistical Update. Heart failure, a chronic, ...

Professional cardiology societies have issued an updated guideline for the management of adult patients with congenital heart ...

A Utah mom and artist who suffered a massive heart attack but did not recognize symptoms because they were not the “classic” symptoms of a heart attack experienced by many men has turned her ...

The American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7 is a roadmap of seven modifiable risk factors for heart disease. Cardiovascular disease is a known risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases such as ...