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These Are the 4 Stages of Heart Failure Lisa Marie Conklin Replay Video What is heart failure? Heart failure doesn't mean the heart has stopped beating. Quite simply, heart failure happens when the heart muscle can't pump enough blood to supply the body's needs. And it can happen to anyone—even if you have a healthy lifestyle or never had a heart attack. An inherited heart condition, or a poorly managed disease such as diabetes which can damage the heart, could nudge you into a higher risk status. What's not as easy to comprehend is that heart failure is multifaceted. It can...

What Is Acute Heart Failure? Here’s What You Need to Know Lisa Marie Conklin Replay Video What is heart failure? If ever there were a prize awarded for "most misleading name given to a medical condition," heart failure would win hands down. "Heart failure (also called congestive heart failure) is a terrible name which suggests the heart has stopped working completely," says Anthony Steimle, MD, a cardiologist and assistant physician in chief of cardiovascular services at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara, California. In fact, the heart has not stopped working. The heart musc...

Dr. Barry Massie, a world renowned cardiologist, died on January 8th 2020 at a memory care facility in Belmont, CA. He was 76 years old. The cause of death was a decade long battle with dementia followed by a short bout of COVID-19. Dr. Massie was born in St. Louis, MO, obtained his undergraduate degree at Harvard, and trained at Bellevue Hospital in New York City (where he was chief resident) after graduating from Columbia University Medical School. He completed his fellowship in cardiology at University of California San Francisco and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Francisco and...