heart failure

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a pump problem, and most treatments serve to strengthen the pump, reduce the volume needed to be moved or alter the piping (the arteries and veins) to accommodate the pump's failures.

Heart failure (HF) [1] is a medical condition where the heart can no longer pump as effectively as it should and can result in swelling and shortness of breath. You may be aware of the condition because of all those Entresto ads.

Bundled care, actually bundled payments refers to packaging hospitalization and the following 90 days of care into a single fee.

Sometimes a study leaves you gobstruck – and not in a good way. An article in Circulation: Heart Failure looks at how dietary protein intake impacts the risk of heart failure.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women.

Don’t go breaking my heart. Seriously, love —oops, I mean life— is a battlefield. Literally. Who knew musicians had so vast an understanding of cardiology?

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The FDA this week