Thus, the clinical and hemodynamic benefits and safety of nesiritide are preserved in decompensated congestive heart failure patients receiving chronic β blockade.

The mortality and morbidity of congestive heart failure (CHF ... We call the interaction between chronic renal failure, CHF and anemia the cardiorenal anemia syndrome. Each of these three elements ...

Laboratory technicians can look at a person’s blood and check the levels of certain molecules, like brain natriuretic peptide. These levels may increase if a person has heart failure.

In most organs of the body, however, the accumulation of scarring (called fibrosis) is a sign of chronic disease and ... roles in the worsening of heart failure, which affects 25 million people ...

"Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is present in around 50% of patients with heart failure with mildly reduced ... serum ...