Diagnosis of congestive heart failure can be made clinically in the vast majority of patients if the symptoms of pulmonary venous hypertension (paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, orthopnea) and/or systemic ...

Many patients with hypertension experience stiffening of the heart muscle resulting in difficulty of the heart filling, known as diastolic dysfunction. According to study results diastolic dysfunction ...

Although the effects of stress and anger on ischemic heart disease and arrhythmia are well known, they are less established in heart failure, particularly those with reduced ejection fraction.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Genes play a significant role in heart function, and may partly determine who develops the most common form of heart failure, report researchers from Wake Forest University ...

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

What are the grades of diastolic dysfunction measured by echocardiography, and what are the clinical ramifications of each? Diastolic dysfunction occurs when the left ventricular myocardium is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Diastolic heart failure did not change the mortality risk for U.S. adults hospitalized with diabetic ...

The objectives and the potential therapeutic approaches for primary diastolic heart failure are outlined in Table 7. Most patients present with symptoms related to pulmonary and systemic venous ...