The presence of moderate or severe diastolic dysfunction in patients with preserved systolic function independently predicted mortality, a retrospective study determined. After propensity matching to ...

New Orleans, LA - Lowering blood pressure can improve diastolic dysfunction even in patients with mild hypertension, a new study has shown. Dr Randall C Starling (Cleveland Clinic, OH), cochair of the ...

Individuals with diastolic dysfunction (an abnormality involving impaired relaxation of the heart's ventricle [pumping chamber] after a contraction) appear to have an increased risk of death, ...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to compare cardiac hypertrophy and diastolic function in extremely obese male patients and physically active adult male subjects of similar age (means ...

PHILADELPHIA — Omecamtiv mecarbil, a selective cardiac myosin activator, improved diastolic function and pulmonary pressures without worsening diastolic filling in patients with chronic HF and reduced ...

Diastolic heart failure is defined clinically when signs and symptoms of heart failure are present in the presence of preserved left ventricular systolic function (ejection fraction >45%). The ...

The diagnosis and treatment of isolated diastolic failure is often a challenge, since the symptoms are so similar to systolic heart failure. It is important to distinguish between diastolic heart ...

Patients with signs and symptoms of heart failure and a normal left ventricular ejection fraction are said to have diastolic heart failure. It has traditionally been thought that the ...

New research uncovers what causes diastolic heart failure and how it can be treated. Research out of University Minnesota Medical School and published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight ...

Background: Prolonged steady state exercise can lead to a decrease in left ventricular (LV) function as well as promote the release of cardiac troponin T (cTnT). There is limited information on the ...

Diastolic dysfunction occurs when the left ventricular myocardium is non-compliant and not able to accept blood return in a normal fashion from the left atrium. This can be a normal physiologic change ...