In heart failure, the body’s accumulation of salt and fluid produces increased pressures in the cardiac chambers. Elevated cardiac pressure causes some of that excess fluid to accumulate in the lungs.

This finding was largely driven by congestive heart failure. The practicing clinician should not abandon doxazosin completely because of the ALLHAT findings, although these findings are ...

Several observations from preclinical and short-term clinical studies support a role for sildenafil in the treatment of heart failure patients. The following discussion briefly considers each of ...

GSK Philippines Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a common yet often overlooked respiratory virus. It spreads through coughing or sneezing and may cause symptoms like the flu or COVID-19.1 RSV is ...

Figure 2. Place of ACE inhibitors and ARBs in treatment of patients with CHF. CIBIS 2 indicates Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol Trial; MERIT-HF, Metoprolol CR/XL Randomized Intervention Trial in ...

Sexual dimorphism is identified in a mouse model of Friedreich’s ataxia, with males exhibiting a worse cardiac phenotype, low survival rate, as well as kidney and reproductive organ deficiencies.

It is often necessary to modify meal preparation when caring for someone with conditions such as high blood pressure, congestive heart failure and kidney disease. Reducing sodium from salt is a key ...

Oct. 4, 2024 — Researchers identified a lipid that is involved in regulating cardiac ion channels, providing insights into possible mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias in heart failure and a ...

The mean age of the patient population was 78±10.5 years, with a male preponderance (N=341; 74.5%). Anginal symptoms were reported in 64% of individuals and 32% had a history of congestive heart ...

Objective Most patients who have an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implant do not receive life-prolonging therapy from it. Little research has been undertaken to determine which patients ...

"But I think the most important thing here is we try to get to the bottom of how we had such a massive failure," he said at an event in Greensboro, N.C. "And I'm sorry, think about this in 2010 the ...