A new study finds Finerenone slows kidney function decline and reduces proteinuria in non-diabetic chronic kidney disease, ...

Physician-scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine recently conducted a large-scale analysis to assess the impact of a newly introduced equation ...

It is a common perception that approximately 50% of heart failure (HF) patients present with a normal or near-normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction ("HF with preserved systolic function"), ...

Researchers at the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, and the University of Utah School of Medicine, have demonstrated that a gene therapy can ...

A new gene therapy can reverse the effects of heart failure and restore heart function in a large animal model. The therapy increases the amount of blood the heart can pump and dramatically improves ...

Postpartum kidney failure is a rare, life-threatening complication after childbirth that may require dialysis or transplantation if kidney function does not recover.

During embryonic development, the right ventricle is formed from the secondary heart field into a crescent-shaped, thin-walled structure. 6 It is the most anterior heart chamber, sitting just beneath ...

Many people wonder if renal failure is the same as kidney failure. In short, they are different names for the same condition. A person has kidney failure, or renal failure, if their kidneys can no ...

The symptoms of kidney or renal failure include decreased urination, swelling in limbs, and itchy skin. Symptoms often develop slowly but can sometimes appear suddenly. When kidney failure occurs, it ...