Heart Failure

"Heart Failure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A heterogeneous condition in which the heart is unable to pump out sufficient blood to meet the metabolic need of the body. Heart failure can be caused by structural defects, functional abnormalities (VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION), or a sudden overload beyond its capacity. Chronic heart failure is more common than acute heart failure which results from sudden insult to cardiac function, such as MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.

Descriptor ID	D006333
MeSH Number(s)	C14.280.434
Concept/Terms	Heart Failure Heart Failure Cardiac Failure Heart Decompensation Heart Decompensation Decompensation, Heart Heart Failure, Right-Sided Heart Failure, Right-Sided Heart Failure, Right Sided Right-Sided Heart Failure Right Sided Heart Failure Myocardial Failure Myocardial Failure Congestive Heart Failure Congestive Heart Failure Heart Failure, Congestive Heart Failure, Left-Sided Heart Failure, Left-Sided Heart Failure, Left Sided Left-Sided Heart Failure Left Sided Heart Failure

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Heart Failure".

Diseases [C]
Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
Heart Diseases [C14.280]
Heart Failure [C14.280.434]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Heart Failure".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Heart Failure" by people in this website by year, and whether "Heart Failure" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 1463 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 92 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	5	0	5
1998	3	3	6
1999	15	3	18
2000	12	4	16
2001	11	2	13
2002	13	3	16
2003	24	8	32
2004	37	7	44
2005	33	6	39
2006	36	3	39
2007	44	8	52
2008	50	10	60
2009	48	6	54
2010	51	7	58
2011	46	16	62
2012	56	6	62
2013	61	17	78
2014	50	8	58
2015	60	10	70
2016	64	17	81
2017	83	9	92
2018	76	8	84
2019	66	9	75
2020	70	8	78
2021	72	5	77
2022	76	0	76
2023	54	1	55
2024	40	11	51
2025	11	0	11

Below are the most recent publications written about "Heart Failure" by people in Profiles.

Pender A, Lewis-Owona J, Ekiyoyo A, Stoddard M. Echocardiography and Heart Failure: An Echocardiographic Decision Aid for the Diagnosis and Management of Cardiomyopathies. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2025 Feb 28; 27(1):64.

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Cheng RK, Roberts MB, Bansal N, Reding K, Salahuddin T, Mamas M, LaMonte M, Shadyab AH, Franceschini N, Klein L, Manson JE, Eaton CB. Association of Kidney Function With Incident Heart Failure: An Analysis of the Women's Health Initiative. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Mar 04; 14(5):e037051.

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Fioretti F, Hibbert B, Eckman PM, Simard T, Labinaz M, Nazer B, Wiley M, Gupta B, Sauer AJ, Shah H, Sorajja P, Pineda AM, Missov E, Aldaia L, Koulogiannis K, Gray WA, Zahr F, Butler J. Left Atrial-to-Coronary Sinus Shunting in Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction: The ALT-FLOW Trial (Early Feasibility Study) 2-Year Results. JACC Heart Fail. 2025 Jun; 13(6):987-999.

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Pya Y, Bekbossynova M, Medressova A, Latremouille C, Jansen P, Tauyekelova A, Kaliyev R, Jetybayeva S, Ziegler LA, Rajapreyar I, Eduardo Rame J. Precise monitoring of transpulmonic resistance in bridge-to-transplant patients supported by the Aeson total artificial heart. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025 Jul; 44(7):1161-1164.

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LaRovere KL, Asaro LA, Coughlin-Wells K, Nadkarni VM, Agus MSD. Blood Glucose Range for Hyperglycemic PICU Children With Primary Neurologic Diagnoses: Analysis of the Heart and Lung Failure-Pediatric Insulin Titration (HALF-PINT) Trial. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 Apr 01; 26(4):e432-e446.

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Gudushauri N, Polintan ET, Lemonjava I, Menghrajani RH, Alfonso PG, Shah S, Azmaiparashvili Z, Lo KB, Rangaswami J. Torsemide vs. furosemide in congestive heart failure: a systematic-review and meta-analysis on mortality and rehospitalization. Acta Cardiol. 2025 Jun; 80(4):351-357.

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Averbuch T, Zafari A, Islam S, Lee SF, Sankaranarayanan R, Greene SJ, Mamas MA, Pandey A, Van Spall HG. Comparative performance of risk prediction indices for mortality or readmission following heart failure hospitalization. ESC Heart Fail. 2025 Apr; 12(2):1227-1236.

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Edelson JB, Raskin A, Absi M, Adachi I, Aljohani O, Alzubi A, Amdani S, Asante-Korang A, Auerbach S, Bansal N, Bearl D, Boucek K, Butto A, Butts R, Byrnes J, Castleberry C, Conway J, Do N, Dykes J, Friedland-Little J, Greiten L, Henderson H, Hsu D, Jeewa A, Joong A, Khan S, Knoll C, Lantz J, Law S, Lorts A, Maeda K, Martinez H, May L, Mehegan M, Mokshagundam D, Montgomery C, O'Connor M, Parent JJ, Peng DM, Rosenthal DN, Sheybani A, Shezad M, Shugh L, Shwaish N, Spinner J, Su J, Sutcliffe D, Tunuguntla H, VanderPluym C, Vaughn G, Wallis G, Wilkens S, Zinn M, Niebler R. The ACTION VAD registry: A collective five-year experience. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025 Apr; 44(4):530-540.

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Griffiths ER, Profsky MP, Mokshagundam D, Boucek K, Amdani S, Davies RR, Monge MC, Morales DLS, Rossano JW, Jacobs JP, Kirklin JK, Koehl D, Cantor R, Peng DM. Eighth Annual Society of Thoracic Surgeons Pedimacs Report. Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 Mar; 119(3):513-522.

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Matlis GC, Palazzolo TC, Lawley JEM, Day SW, Woodland E, Tchantchaleishvili V, Stevens RM, Throckmorton AL. Advancement of the Dragon Heart 7-Series for Pediatric Patients With Heart Failure. Artif Organs. 2025 May; 49(5):790-801.

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