Heart failure is a syndrome, not a specific disease, and occurs as a final common pathway in multiple disease states. The section presents a review of diastolic congestive heart failure ...

What Is Diastolic Heart Failure? A classic example of diastolic ... tachycardia, and signs of congestive failure such as rales in the lungs, and an elevated jugular venous pressure.

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 ...

Acute heart failure-acute coronary syndrome; CHF-CHD: Congestive heart failure-chronic heart disease; CRS: Cardiorenal syndrome. Reproduced with permission from [1].

The key to treating congestive heart failure is addressing the underlying causes, and treatment is highly tailored to each patient's needs. Chris Bell, an acute care nurse practitioner who specializes ...

After an evaluation that rules out an acute coronary syndrome, she receives a diagnosis of heart failure ... objective evidence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction or raised left ventricular ...

Researchers discovered that ALPK2, a heart-specific enzyme, may protect against HFpEF by activating TPM1 in heart muscle ...

Acute heart failure refers to sudden, severe symptoms that can also improve rapidly. Chronic heart failure is when symptoms develop slowly over time and gradually worsen. If you have congestive ...

Tatsuya Yoshida, Mikito Takefuji, and Toyoaki Murohara in the Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, identified an enzyme, alpha-kinase 2 (ALPK2) that is specifically ...