Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a type of heart failure that affects the left side of the heart. It occurs when the lower left chamber of the heart, called the left ventricle ...

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 ...

Congestive heart failure (CHF) and heart failure are the same thing. Both terms describe the inability of the heart to pump enough blood to service the body's needs. The term "congestive" simply ...

Some people with heart failure need to take multiple medicines each day in order to keep their symptoms under control. Heart failure not only leads to issues in the heart but other organs in the body ...

A veteran US cardiac ICU nurse says sleeping position may influence heart health at night. She suggests left-side sleeping ...

Thousands of pediatric patients in the United States are diagnosed with congestive heart failure (CHF) secondary to acquired or congenital heart disease. Symptoms of CHF include left-side heart ...

In the United States, about 6.2 million adults have been diagnosed with heart failure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Heart failure is a chronic condition, and ...

Every morning, Donna Whitworth turns on two device monitors for her heart. For the first device, she puts on a belt, which is hooked up to a laptop. When the belt is in the proper position, the ...

When the patient arrived, she was breathing faster than normal and had been progressively tired and sweaty when feeding. Her temperature was 97.7 °F, with pulse of 175, respiration 70, blood pressure ...