Acute respiratory distress syndrome Pulmonary hypertension (high pressure in the lungs) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Symptoms of acute left heart failure occur and include severe dyspnea even at rest, orthopnea, and PND. Hypotension and shock may occur.

Heart failure can be chronic (the disease worsens over time) or acute (the disease begins suddenly). Chronic heart failure may commonly be referred to as congestive heart failure. While our goal is to ...

This trial, the first randomized study on thoracentesis for pleural effusion in heart failure, found that adding routine ...

The first clinical guidance for cardiogenic shock will be presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session ...

People with heart failure have long been advised to limit the amount of fluids they consume each day to help reduce congestion, or the buildup of fluid in the lungs and extremities, but that advice ...

Eplerenone "is indicated to improve survival of stable patients with left ventricular systolic ... and clinical evidence of congestive heart failure after an acute myocardial infarction." ...

The intra-cardiac pressures increase quickly and heart failure — often cardiogenic shock — may occur. The limited increase in left ventricular end-diastolic volume due to acute aortic ...