High blood pressure, chills, and fatigue accompanied this young man's weight increase, as well as swelling.

Both children and adults living with congenital heart disease are at a higher risk for congestive heart failure. Obesity can ...

Covid-19 infection. Researchers found increased risks of hypertension, myocarditis, arrhythmias, and heart failure. The study ...

An international team of researchers at the University of Manchester, Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating ...

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is when the heart does not pump blood around the body efficiently. This can cause symptoms such as lung congestion and swelling due to fluid retention. According to ...

As thousands of people await a lifesaving heart, scientists are racing to buy them more time. A promising advance from scientists in Germany offers a potential solution.

Major reallocation of healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic meant that elective surgery in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) was significantly reduced, so that those needing ...

The American College of Cardiology honored cardiologist and researcher Jeffrey Towbin, MD, with the ACC Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization’s 2025 annual meeting in Chicago.  Dr. Towbin is ...

Welcome, everyone, to this roundtable discussion on heart failure. I'm John Whyte, the chief medical officer at WebMD. Six million Americans have heart failure. It's one of the most common reasons ...

A team at New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center performed its first pediatric heart ...

“But, if you think about families who have children in heart failure who are waiting for a transplant in the hospital for potentially months, they have to travel into the city each day to see ...