Decompensated heart failure (DHF) means that symptoms from heart failure are severe enough to require immediate medical attention. Dyspnea or shortness of breath is the most common symptom of DHF.

It’s pretty well-known that chest pain is a possible sign of heart trouble—but it’s far from the only sign. Shortness of breath—which can feel like you’re exerting yourself more than you’re used to—is ...

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...

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 ...

The S3 heart sound occurs as the mitral valve opens and allows blood to fill the left ventricle passively. The sound happens as a result of blood striking the left ventricle during early diastole. An ...

Bronchial breath sounds are different noises your doctor can hear when listening to your breathing. Atypical sounds can indicate an underlying condition. Bronchial breath sounds, or lung sounds, are ...

Researchers developed a novel device that detects abnormal breathing sounds to predict whether an ICU patient is likely to suffer from respiratory complications after removal from a mechanical ...

S1 is the first heart sound that doctors can hear using a stethoscope. The vibrations that occur when the mitral and tricuspid valves in the heart close produce the S1 sound. There are two common ...

ILAs in patients with COPD are associated with lower lung cancer incidence but higher prevalence of other cancers and heart failure. Patients with ILAs showed significantly lower fibrinogen and ...

In June of 2022, a report from the American Diabetes Association highlighted heart failure as “an underappreciated complication of diabetes.” According to that report, up to 22% of people with ...

It’s important to protect our hearts, and we’re not talking in the metaphorical sense. The heart is the lifeblood of the body—the reason why your brain gets oxygen to think, your hands are warm enough ...