Heart Failure in the Elderly . Daniel E. Forman, MD; Michael W. Rich, MD. ... and lower extremity swelling are considered hallmark symptoms of systolic HF, older adults often present more subtly ...

In CHS, the index CHF event was adjudicated by an expert panel that reviewed all pertinent data on the hospitalization or outpatient visit for CHF, including history, physical examination, chest x ...

Doctors explain why the first 60 minutes after a heart attack-known as the Golden Hour-can mean the difference between ...

Add another benefit to semaglutide (Wegovy): It reduces the symptoms of heart failure, according to a new study. REUTERS. An estimated 6.2 million people in the US have heart failure, ...

Heart failure affects millions of Americans, yet many people remain unaware of their risk until symptoms become severe. This progressive condition, where the heart cannot pump blood efficiently ...

When an elderly person's chronic disease is impossible to cure, many doctors might assume that patient would chose to improve the quality of his or her remaining life rather than to extend it as is.

Dr. Gregg C. Fonarow, from UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, and his co-authors addressed this question by analyzing data from 4,685 elderly men and women with heart failure who participated in a ...

One of the leading new obesity drugs, Wegovy, eased symptoms and raised the quality of life of patients with obesity and a common type of heart failure, a study funded by the drug’s maker found ...