Delineating dyspnea Because multiple pathologic processes likely contribute to progressive dyspnea in patients with coexisting heart and lung diseases, it is unlikely that a single causative agent can ...

An echocardiogram is a safe and non-invasive heart ultrasound that helps detect valve disease and cardiac dysfunction early. On National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day, cardiologist Dr Raj Kumar ...

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One simple question — Do you have trouble breathing? — may reveal as much about someone's risk of dying as the most relied-upon sign, chest pain. Even people without any other cardiac symptoms were up ...

Just 76% of heart attack patients with Dyspnea or fatigue as their main symptom are alive at one year compared to 94% of those with chest pain as the predominant feature. That's the finding of ...

If you practice inpatient medicine, you've managed patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Formerly known as diastolic dysfunction, HFpEF is borderline ubiquitous on the ...

Chest pain and shortness of breath are two symptoms that grab your attention quickly, potentially signaling a heart attack if they come on suddenly. And if they develop gradually and worsen over time, ...

Dona Smith experienced chest pain and shortness of breath for 20 years. At times it was so severe, it would stop her in her tracks. She had two heart surgeries, was prescribed inhalers for asthma and ...

The natriuretic peptides, specifically brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), are the most specific and applicable laboratory tests available to establish fluid overload associated with HF. 9 BNP is ...