Background The Forrester classification remains a cornerstone for assessing haemodynamic status in heart failure, yet its ...

Functional assessment and classification in heart failure encompass a spectrum of tools and frameworks designed to quantify a patient’s symptoms, exercise capacity and underlying cardiac performance.

Panelists discuss how heart failure classification involves HFrEF vs HFpEF distinctions and staging systems (A through D), with the greatest prevention opportunities existing in early stages A and B, ...

BNP levels are sensitive to such other biological factors as age, gender, sex, weight, and renal function. BNP levels may be elevated in cases of acute MI, pulmonary embolism, and chronic obstructive ...

Heart failure is when the heart does not pump enough blood around the body. Biventricular heart failure is when chambers on both sides of the heart, known as ventricles, are affected. Doctors classify ...

GLP-1 receptor agonists are emerging as HF therapies, particularly for obesity-related HFpEF, via effects on weight, inflammation, and cardiometabolic stress. STEP-HFpEF demonstrated semaglutide ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...