Heart failure sounds alarming—and rightfully so. Yet approximately 6.5 million Americans currently live with this condition, many with the specific variant called systolic heart failure, and a ...
Living with a heart that struggles to pump effectively creates daily challenges for millions of Americans. Systolic heart failure fundamentally changes how patients experience everyday activities.
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Research from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital suggests tai chi exercise may improve the quality of life for patients with systolic ...
The heart is a muscle like no other, beating 60 to 100 times per minute on average, around the clock. But when it grows weak, it can lead to serious problems: from debilitating shortness of breath and ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto, Novartis) for the treatment of symptomatic heart failure (HF) with systemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction ...
Adults with hypertension who have prediabetes and subclinical myocardial injury or stress face a higher risk of incident ...
—Starting cardiac medications, using the proper timing and dosing, to optimize the efficacy of therapies and improve patient outcomes, is key to cardiac care for patients with Duchenne muscular ...