heart failure

Deadly ‘irreversible’ heart condition reversed for first time in major breakthrough (msn.com)

Abstract Background: Fatigue and re-admissions are the important consequences of heart failure that cause limitations in patients’ daily activities, personal, and social affairs. Energy conservation techniques are among evidence-based and non-pharmacological approaches that can reduce fatigue...

Trigger warning: exercise (I suggest watching from 2:07 to 10:57, then 12:05 to 12:30.) This video from NHS cardiologist Dr Rohin Francis presents cardiovascular exercise testing in patients with heart failure (HF). The purpose is to assess whether they require a heart transplant. Shown in...

Same blood pressure, same heart rate but the flow in the brain is impaired - heart failure is not only about the heart but the brain too. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ehf2.13128

We think of an attack as a ‘big bang’, but the symptoms can build over hours or days – and even doctors can misinterpret them https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/22/would-you-recognise-a-gradual-onset-heart-attack I meant to post this sooner, but as usual Life Happened! ;) Not ME/CFS...

According to the Women’s Health Advisor from Weill Cornell Medicine: Starting at age 40, a woman’s heart health begins to decline. The risk rises with age and accelerates after menopause. After age 75, a woman’s risk of heart attack is higher than a man’s. In reality, a woman’s heart attack...

Something that may concern quite a few ME sufferers. Personally I need a lot of salt, and so do some others. Review Questions Wisdom of Limiting Salt Intake in Heart Failure By Kelly Young Edited by - David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH It is not clear whether lowering dietary salt intake actually...