Diastolic heart failure is common in the elderly, particularly women. Previous studies on the value of brain natriuretic peptide in diastolic dysfunction have been largely limited to male subjects.

Hypertension is believed to be the single greatest factor influencing the development of heart failure, particularly heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, also known as diastolic heart ...

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) were associated with improved left ventricular diastolic function and New York Heart Association (NYHA) class in patients with hypertrophic ...

Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of mortality in patients with DMD. Compared with their healthy counterparts, patients with DMD — including those with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction ...

People who have early signs of heart problems may also have changes in brain health that can be early signs of dementia, such as loss of brain volume, according to a meta-analysis published on March ...

We read with great interest the research letter by Niemiec et al 1 on the use of sacubitril / valsartan in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) due to heart failure with preserved ejection ...

Treatment with Esbriet, a drug approved for people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, was found to ease heart stiffness and rhythm issues.

More than five million Americans are living with heart failure. Now there's a way to detect one of the leading causes of the condition without going inside the heart. With a family history of heart ...

Patterns of care in renal cell carcinoma (RCC): Impact of duration of first-line (1L) treatment on second-line (2L) treatment choice. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting ...