Pages tagged: heart failure

Gregg W. Stone, MD Cardiovascular Research Foundation Dr. Stone is Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center,...

Texas Heart Institute’s Alex Smith and his University of Houston (UH) mechanical engineering advisor for doctoral studies, professor Ralph Metcalfe,...

Timing of an ICD implant depends mainly on severity of the heart problem and presence of arrhythmia. If you have...

Essentially it is correct that Medicare requires 3 months to pass after initial diagnosis if heart failure before ICD implant....

High blood pressure from any cause will, over time, put you at increased risk of stroke, kidney failure and congestive...

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Dear Dana, The heart has 2 functions. It squeezes (systolic function) and relaxes (diastolic function). Heart failure is classically due...

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is regarded as one of the gold standards in the assessment of heart disease. In...

A septal defect is a hole in the septum, the muscle wall separating the chambers of the heart. A septal...