Many heart failure diagnoses occur in the emergency room or inpatient setting, according to lead study author Omar ...

Risk assessment plays a central role in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. The 2017 High Blood Pressure Clinical Practice Guideline incorporated quantitative risk assessment for the ...

The 2022 joint guidelines from the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Heart Failure Society of America added NP as a biomarker for higher risk, with a threshold of ...

A new scientific statement breaks down the rationale behind the recent shift in risk assessment for primary prevention.

There are new guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) for what they say is the number one preventable risk factor for heart disease. AHA says nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have ...

Over-reliance of traditional clinical findings and symptoms can potentially delay diagnosis of acute heart failure (AHF), prolonging the time to appropriate therapy The use of echocardiography and ...