Failure to improve suggests an underlying precipitant ... However, for the majority of patients who have chronic HF and chronic AF, rapid ventricular response often results from HF decompensation.

The key to treating congestive heart failure is addressing the underlying causes, and treatment is highly tailored to each patient's needs. Chris Bell, an acute care nurse practitioner who specializes ...

After an evaluation that rules out an acute coronary syndrome ... Our contemporary phenotypic classification of chronic heart failure according to left ventricular function is based on a cutoff ...

Acute and chronic ... syphilis or liver failure, respectively. The same can occur with non-infectious disorders like rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis. Both are considered chronic in that they ...

People hospitalized for infections—almost any infections—are at substantially increased risk years later for heart failure, ...

Moderate-to-severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) has a high prevalence in the general population, 1 and it progressively increases in older individuals, in whom it is close to 4%.

The historical record shows that the battle to prevent and find cures for infectious disease will lead to a lower incidence of chronic, disabling diseases. At the same time, efforts to find ...

Background Early heart failure (HF) diagnosis is crucial to ensure that optimal guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is ...

Millions of patients are hospitalized for acute heart failure (AHF) every year throughout the world. Despite tremendous advances in cardiovascular care, morbidity and mortality for AHF remain high ...