Q: Can you tell me about ejection fractions? My wife’s heart doctor recently told us that her heart is weak, and she has a low ejection fraction. He did not discuss this much, but he has put her on ...

Leading cardiovascular societies have developed the second universal definition of heart failure that updates how it is classified and identified, hoping to improve diagnosis and management.

A clinical trial found that a polypill improved heart function, increased adherence to guideline-recommended medications, and ...

ORLANDO, Fla., March 7, 2005 - Beta-blockers, medications that block the action of certain hormones on the heart, can benefit patients with certain serious heart problems such as diastolic heart ...

Barriers to better treatment start with the basic definitions of heart failure. Classifications in use for decades, such as the New York Heart Association system or the left ventricle ejection ...

Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure and cardiovascular death among patients with chronic heart failure and a left ventricular ...

Jim Januzzi, MD, outlines a multitude of drug treatment options for heart failure revolving around patient ejection fraction (EF) status. Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA: As we start to transition ...