Heart failure is a chronic condition in which the heart cannot pump blood effectively. As a result, tissues and organs do not receive critical oxygen and nutrients. The heart is a complex organ, and ...

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 ...

Heart attack and heart failure are two distinct but often confused cardiovascular conditions. A heart attack occurs suddenly when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked, causing tissue ...

Living with heart failure requires careful monitoring as well as some major lifestyle changes. It takes both medical ...

While heart failure can start in several ways, the key feature is that the heart stops doing an effective job of filling with blood and pumping it out to the rest of the body. This complex clinical ...

A patient fact sheet outlining the differences between heart failure and cardiomyopathy, including subtypes of each condition and diagnostic procedures for both. Cardiomyopathy is a group of heart ...

Heart failure is one of those conditions that you rarely (or ever) think about—until it personally affects you. Maybe someone you love was recently diagnosed with heart failure or your doctor warned ...