Chronic heart failure occurs when either the left ventricle ... The section presents a review of diastolic congestive heart failure, commonly called HFpEF. Reviews of systolic congestive HF ...

presence of signs or symptoms of congestive HF; 2) presence of normal or mildly abnormal LV systolic function; and 3) evidence of abnormal LV relaxation, filling, diastolic distensibility ...

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.

Joanne Matos, 37, was born with an enlarged heart and has congestive heart failure. Despite a stroke and two silent heart ...

Left-sided heart failure can be diastolic ... also improve rapidly. Chronic heart failure is when symptoms develop slowly over time and gradually worsen. If you have congestive heart failure ...

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 ...

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

Our contemporary phenotypic classification of chronic heart failure according to left ventricular ... and objective evidence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction or raised left ventricular ...

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 ...

Chronic heart failure is a syndrome ... including estimation of LV ejection fraction. Diastolic function assessment can help determine the left heart diastolic pressures. The cardiac valves ...