Heart Failure
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Implantable Device Can Improve Cardiac Function in Heart Failure Patients
An innovative therapy called cardiac contractility modulation can improve symptoms of heart failure for patients like Lela Glass.

How Heart Disease Affects the Kidneys
The heart and kidneys share a special, life-sustaining connection, so that what’s good or bad for one is generally good or bad for the other.

Genetic Testing Helps Woman Beat Inherited Cardiomyopathy
Heart patient DeAnn Bartram has a good prognosis after genetic testing helps identify her hereditary arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy – a condition that claimed the lives of her two sisters.

From Nursing Student to Needing Nursing
Myocarditis patient Carmen Darien recovers after being placed on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenatio, or ECMO.

Nurse Navigator Guides Patients in Managing Heart Failure To Reduce Readmissions
When two chronic conditions collided to land Christine Rand in the hospital, a special nurse navigator was waiting to guide her back to health – and keep her from returning.