BACKGROUND: High-volume physical activity (PA) is associated with a higher prevalence of subclinical coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the clinical significance of subclinical CAD among ...

Background and aims Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is characterised by acute decompensation of cirrhosis associated with organ failures. We systematically evaluated the geographical variations ...

This study compares the prognostic accuracy (28-day and 90-day transplant-free mortality) of the acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) classification (no ACLF, ACLF grades 1, 2 and 3) with that of ...

Objective Clinical decision making in chronic heart failure (CHF) is based primarily on left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and only secondarily on aetiology of the underlying disease. Our aim ...

Heart failure is linked with a decline in cognition when it is diagnosed, according to new data. Researchers evaluated the cognitive abilities of 29,614 adults over a median of 6.6 years ...

CHICAGO -- For people with heart failure (HF), the long-presumed benefits ... to assume that fluid restriction would be better" for chronic HF, van Kimmenade said during a press conference at ...

The FRESH-UP study demonstrated that for patients with chronic heart failure (HF), liberal fluid intake did not ... 4 patients IV loop diuretic usage: 5 vs. 7 patients Acute kidney injury: 3 vs. 4 ...

Maradona's cause of death was officially listed as "acute pulmonary edema secondary to exacerbated chronic heart failure".

Maradona was found to have died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema -- a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs -- two weeks after going under the knife. Advertisment Casinelli said the ...

This can also place excessive strain on the heart and cause it to progressively fail. Respiratory failure may occur due to chronic diseases that affect the lungs, airways, muscles, or nervous systems, ...