While heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the U.S. for over a century, the past 50 years have seen a ...

Systolic heart failure happens when the heart pumps at 40% or less of its ejection fraction. Ejection fraction measures how much blood the heart pumps with each contraction or beat.

But the biggest factor, doctors said, is likely the rise in metabolic risk factors like obesity and diabetes — and in ever-younger patients. In 2021, there were nearly 48 heart failure deaths ...

Heart failure can be chronic (the disease worsens over time) or acute (the disease begins suddenly). Chronic heart failure may commonly be referred to as congestive heart failure. We treat several ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Living with heart failure requires careful monitoring as well as some major lifestyle changes. It takes both medical treatment and self-care. Heart failure ...

Testing the Scanner According to the Independent, the AI scanner was tested on 26 heart-failure patients from five NHS trusts ...