heart failure

WASHINGTON — The American Heart Association announced on Monday that it is launching a three-year, $3 million education effort to bridge treatment gaps for people living with advanced heart failure. The effort, which is being supported financially by Abbott Laboratories,... Read More

WASHINGTON — Adults living in rural areas of the United States have a 19% higher risk of developing heart failure compared with their urban counterparts, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. The news is worse... Read More

WASHINGTON — White Adults were twice as likely as Black adults treated at advanced heart failure centers to receive potentially life-changing therapies, such as transplants and mechanical heart pumps, a new National Institutes of Health-supported study has found. Researchers followed... Read More

BOSTON — Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have uncovered new evidence that shows drugs originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes may benefit a wide range of patients with heart failure.  The research was presented at the recent European... Read More

An innovative cardiac rehabilitation intervention started earlier and more custom-tailored to the individual improved physical function, frailty, quality-of-life, and depression in hospitalized heart failure patients, compared to traditional rehabilitation programs. Supported by the National Institute on Aging, part of the... Read More