When a man woke up with a swollen face after drinking, he thought it was just a hangover. In reality, it was a warning sign ...

Heart failure can be scary and unexpected, but heart surgeons at OSF HealthCare in Peoria are trained and ready to respond ...

Use of routine thoracentesis in addition to medical therapy yielded no significant benefits for adults with heart failure and pleural effusions, according to a new study.

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is when the heart does not pump blood around the body efficiently. This can cause symptoms such as lung congestion and swelling due to fluid retention. According to ...

Whereas obesity is a common confounder when interpreting natriuretic peptide values, and the presence of atrial fibrillation has an important influence on pretest probability, other confounders are ...