In left-sided heart failure, the left side of the heart cannot efficiently pump blood to the body. This can lead to a backup of blood in the lungs and symptoms like coughing and tiredness.

Systolic congestive heart failure is when the left side of the heart weakens, and the heart can't pump effectively. It can cause a variety of symptoms.

Heart failure falls into two main categories based on the pumping function of the left ventricle. Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction occurs when the heart muscle weakens and cannot ...

Some people feel uncomfortable sleeping on the left side (if they have heart failure or recent procedures/pacemakers), and may prefer sleeping on the right side, says Puja Mehta, M.D., director of ...

Left untreated, RSOVA often leads to heart failure and death within a year. However, with early diagnosis and surgical repair, the long-term survival rate is typically strong.

Clinical Review: Advances in management of heart failure. Image Credit: santoelia / Shutterstock About the review In the present review, researchers present updated aspects of heart failure ...

Decreased function from heart enlargement can eventually lead to heart failure. While LV reconstructive surgery may help reduce this risk, doctors don’t consider the procedure a cure.

The Resynchronization–Defibrillation for Ambulatory Heart Failure Trial (RAFT) was a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial that aimed to determine whether the addition of ...

In this double-blind, randomized trial, we assigned ambulatory patients with heart failure, a left ventricular ejection fraction of 40% or less, and iron deficiency, in a 1:1 ratio, to receive ...

For patients with acute heart failure, “thoracentesis provides immediate symptom relief, but poses a risk of complications,” wrote Signe Glargaard, MD, of Copenhagen University Hospital ...