Another negative AF ablation trial, predicting AF after stroke, the value of RCTs, troponin testing in the ED and surgical aortic valve choice are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses this week.

Left-sided heart failure can be classified further as heart failure with reduced or preserved ejection fraction: Ejection fraction is the percentage of blood the left ventricle of the heart pumps out ...

Heart disease is a term used to describe a constellation of conditions that can affect the heart and/or its valves, vessels, structure, electrical system, or coronary arteries. Though each disease ...

Jan. 27, 2025 — Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the ... While Most Americans Use a Device to Monitor Their Heart, Few Share That Data With Their Doctor Jan. 22, 2025 — A ...

Managing heart failure @home (MHF @home) is an approach that aims to support people to manage their heart failure condition and keep well at home. Remote monitoring, when clinically appropriate and ...

The prevalence rates of depression in congestive heart failure patients range from 24%-42%. Depression is a graded, independent risk factor for readmission to the ...

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly common across the heart failure population. Right ventricular failure (RVF) is a feared complication that can occur in the early post-operative ...

Microplastics have been found everywhere in the human body, including blood, breast milk, testicles, heart tissue, lung ...

This makes the right heart work harder to pump blood, which can lead to heart failure later in life. Echocardiograms do show differences between the sexes in healthy people, but it hasn’t been known ...

"AISAP is proud to collaborate with forward-thinking practices and community partners like Amavita," said Roni Attali, AISAP ...

In 2022, more than 941,600 Americans died from cardiovascular disease. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, according to a new report. The American Heart ...

The heart is a muscular organ roughly the size of your fist. As the heart muscle contracts, it propels the blood out into the vascular system. The heart’s chambers and valves are arranged to direct ...