Share on Pinterest A new definition for heart failure emphasizes earlier detection to improve treatment outcomes and survival rates. Halfpoint Images/Getty Images Global health experts have updated ...

An updated universal definition of heart failure makes cutoffs for left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) more flexible in defining heart failure categories and adds the causes of heart failure, ...

DALLAS, June 29, 2026 — A new international expert consensus document refines and updates how heart failure is identified and classified, aiming to improve prevention, diagnosis and management of ...

Leading cardiology organizations around the world are having a change of heart. Just five years after the first universal definition of heart failure was published, they are proposing a big update.

Health experts in the United States and around the world have updated their guidelines for identifying and classifying heart failure. They say their goal is to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and ...