At three months of follow-up, patients hospitalized for a serious heart attack who were treated with the oral blood thinner ...

At three months of follow-up, patients hospitalized for a serious heart attack who were treated with the oral blood thinner ...

Connie Bowling, a 75-year-old deaf patient from Forsyth County, received a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) in March ...

Revolutionary balloon and stent procedure reduces recovery time from weeks to days, transforming treatment for patients with mechanical heart pumps.

A protocol for transitioning patients with heart failure and a left ventricular assist device to a stepdown unit from the ICU ...

Single ventricle is that condition in which both atrioventricular (A-V) orifices enter a common ventricular sinus, from which the arterial trunks emerge with their coni. The following types of single ...

Heart rate (HR) affects heart failure outcomes, via uncertain mechanisms that may include left ventricular remodeling. However, in human ventricular myocardium, HR change has not been associated with ...

Ejection fraction (EF) measures how well the heart pumps blood. A normal EF is 55% to 70%, meaning the heart pumps out at least half of the blood in its left ventricle with each beat. An EF below 50% ...

Patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a valve designed to treat aortic regurgitation had ...