Distinct demographic, systemic sclerosis-specific, and cardiac factors are linked to a higher risk for left ventricular ...

Background: Atrial fibrillation (Afib) that occurs after a successful atrial flutter (AFL) ablation may negate the potential benefits of the ablation. Afib occurs more often when severe left ...

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 ...

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare but life-threatening condition that can affect women with previously healthy ...

Expert researchers and clinicians from the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology at NYU Langone will present ...

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.

In a breakthrough for diagnostics, scientists have created an easy and effective test that identifies a heart failure ...

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 ...

LBBB is linked to electrical abnormalities, causing inefficient heart pumping, dilation, and systolic dysfunction. The study found LBBB associated with increased heart failure risk, surpassing other ...

M ore than 6 million adults in the United States have heart failure. Of these, about half have diastolic heart failure and the other half have systolic heart failure. In February 2021, the U.S. Food ...

Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of mortality in patients with DMD. Compared with their healthy counterparts, patients with DMD — including those with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction ...