Medically reviewed by Yasmine S. Ali, MD, MSCI Ejection fraction (EF) measures how well the heart pumps blood. A normal EF is ...

WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — In patients with heart failure with improved ejection fraction (EF), ...

The role of ACE inhibitors in the management of HFPEF is less significant compared with their role in the management of heart failure with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. For patients with ...

Among patients with heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction/heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the Finerenone Trial to Investigate Efficacy and Safety Superior to Placebo in ...

BACKGROUND: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has become the most prevalent type of heart failure, but ...

Among iron-deficient patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), receiving intravenous iron supplementation was found to be safe but resulted in mixed findings, according to a ...

Chronic heart failure is a syndrome, not a specific disease, and occurs as a final common pathway in multiple disease states. The pathophysiology of chronic heart failure (HF) exists when either ...

Echocardiography is ultrasonography of the heart. The procedure is usually performed by placing an ultrasound-emitting transducer against the chest (transthoracic echocardiography), but can also ...

Withdrawing renin-angiotensin inhibitors/angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists tied to higher one-year mortality, morbidity. HealthDay News — In ...

Objective: To provide an overview of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF), as well as its pathophysiology, diagnosis, and clinical evidence regarding its pharmacologic management.