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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In late May, the FDA approved the CardioMEMS HF System for the measurement of pulmonary artery pressure and ...

When the human body is healthy, it is like a miraculous machine that functions beautifully. But like any machine, when some part is not working correctly, there are problems. Pulmonary edema is one of ...

Liege, Belgium - A proposed mechanism behind some cases of acute pulmonary edema puts the blame on stress-exacerbated ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) in patients with systolic HF [1]. The idea, ...

A striking feature of most patients presenting with heart failure (HF) is the presence of pulmonary oedema, peripheral oedema, or both. Cardiogenic congestion usually responds well to diuretic therapy ...

Figure 1. Hyperinflation of the lungs points to a pulmonary cause of dyspnea. There are guidelines for the management of each as a separate condition, but how do you evaluate and treat them when they ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Thinking back to being a student, I can recall the struggle ― volume status and fluid overload. Congestive heart ...

By early detection of fluid in the lungs, a device allows early therapy adjustments to reduce all-cause mortality in patients ...

Nationally, there has been a rise in the number of children and adolescents with congenital and acquired heart disease ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) with left-sided heart disease is defined, according to the latest Venice classification, as a Group 2 PH, which includes left-sided ventricular or atrial disease, and ...

Shot of a doctor in a hazmat suit comforting a coughing older patient The authors describe how to diagnose and treat patients with heart failure who develop COVID-19 disease in this case study. This ...