In left-sided heart failure, the left side of the heart cannot efficiently pump blood to the body. This can lead to a backup of blood in the lungs and symptoms like coughing and tiredness.

A classic example of diastolic heart failure (HF) is a little old lady with systolic hypertension who presents with increasing breathlessness and, on examination, is found to have a high systolic ...

Progression of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction and Risk of Heart Failure. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 2011; 306 (8): 856 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1201 ...

Both the term “diastolic heart failure” and the method used to diagnose the condition are subject to ambiguity and debate in the literature. 5, 7 Often, the phrase “heart failure with preserved ...

Diastolic heart failure (DHF) occurs when the heart muscle becomes stiff and doesn't relax enough to allow blood to flow from the lungs into the heart. This causes blood to back up in the lower ...

How to treat the many heart failure patients who present with preserved ejection fraction has remained a question -- now PEP-CHF reports the benefit of RAS inhibition in these patients.

Diastolic heart failure arises when peak calcium levels, required for heart's sqeezing action, don't drop off quickly enough to permit the organ to relax.

(WNDU) - Diastolic heart failure happens when the left ventricle of a person’s heart becomes stiff. It prevents blood flow from the heart into the lungs. Now, for the first time, doctors are ...

Diastolic left ventricular function was graded as normal, mild, moderate, or severe via testing. After 4 years, participants were invited to return for examination 2 (2001-2004).

Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists should be considered as a treatment option in hypertensive patients with diastolic heart failure, said Professor Burkert Pieske presenting results today of ...

Correspondence Reversal of Pacing-Induced Heart Failure by Left Ventricular Apical Pacing Published December 20, 2007 N Engl J Med 2007;357: 2637 - 2638 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc072317 ...