Although diuretics do not directly treat the pathologic changes that occur with heart failure, they are the ... leads to activation of sodium-retaining mechanisms, such as the renin-angiotensin ...

Analysis Reveals an Additional Mechanism ... pill helps prevent heart attacks and strokes in people with HIV have now discovered a ... New Gene Therapy Reverses Heart Failure in Large Animal ...

The Association of Specialty Professors, along with the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood ...

Increases in afterload that are disproportionate to compensatory preload effects ... (where it may mediate coronary vasoconstriction), heart failure (where it could be involved in increased ...

"The technology is the culmination of years of meticulous research into the mechanisms of heart failure and cardiac-respiratory interactions. By understanding the underlying physiological control ...

A new risk calculator called PREVENT is helping scientists see who is at risk for different types of cardiovascular disease.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with a higher rate of heart failure subtypes, according to a study published online ...

ANSWER: Heart failure is simply when the heart is unable to pump all the blood it needs to meet the body’s demands. Heart ...

Heart failure currently has no cure, with treatment options primarily limited to medications that slow its progression or ...

An estimated 15 million U.S. adults are at risk for heart failure, according to a study published Dec. 17 in Annals of Internal Medicine. The figure was calculated using the American Heart Association ...

A research team co-led by a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson's Sarver Heart Center found that a subset of artificial heart patients can regenerate heart ...