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CHICAGO -- Congestive heart failure and previous myocardial infarction significantly increase the risk of death in octogenarians undergoing pulmonary resection for lung cancer, a retrospective analysis shows. Surprisingly, prior myocardial [...]

Background With the increase in obesity in our society, diabetes--always a common issue in adult medical care--will only grow in prominence in our practices. The American Diabetes Association updated its [...]

NEW ORLEANS -- Routine use of an indwelling pulmonary artery catheter to guide medical therapy in patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure can no longer be justified, based on the [...]

YES The answer depends on two further questions: Should ischemic cardiomyopathy be managed differently from cardiomyopathy with a nonischemic etiology? And, what is the best way to diagnose coronary ischemia? [...]

MUNICH -- High body fat is a powerful independent predictor of better survival in patients with chronic heart failure, Mariantonietta Cicoira, M.D., said at the annual congress of the European [...]

The pioglitazone label will soon incorporate a new warning about congestive heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The label will warn [...]

NEW ORLEANS -- Low hemoglobin is every bit as strong a predictor of poor outcome in congestive heart failure patients with preserved systolic function as in those with a low [...]

Light to moderate alcohol intake did not raise the risk of heart failure in a study of MI survivors who had residual left ventricular dysfunction, according to Dr. David Aguilar [...]

Concerns about managing edema associated with the use of thiazolidinediones are addressed in a new consensus statement from the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association. The benefits of [...]