Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and right ventricular (RV ... investigated the relationship between RV dysfunction and CKD in outpatients with chronic systolic HF, an association which remains ...

Because life expectancy and the prevalence of risk factors such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes are rising globally, heart failure (HF) is growing into a major health problem. Impairment of ...

Reviews of systolic congestive HF, or HFrEF, valvular heart disease, pulmonary hypertension and right HF, and high output HF are discussed elsewhere. Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is ...

Clinical trials of therapies for heart failure (HF) are usually performed in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).

[Rovai 2007:3a] Physical examination in patients with right HF may reveal elevated ... used when atrial fibrillation and left ventricular systolic dysfunction coexist. The current ACC/AHA ...