Because life expectancy and the prevalence of risk factors such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes are rising globally, heart failure (HF) is growing into a major health problem. Impairment of ...

The prognosis of severe diastolic heart failure is similar to that of systolic heart failure ... are used in selected patients to decrease left ventricular hypertrophy. To decrease myocardial ...

What is the main hemodynamic contraindication to surgical repair of severe mitral valve regurgitation? If severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction is present, then the mitral valve should not ...

left ventricular hypertrophy or systolic dysfunction. If significant structural heart disease is present and the E/A ratio as well as the deceleration time appear normal, suspect a pseudonormal ...

However, diastolic dysfunction tends to get worse over time. When the condition is severe enough ... and normal pumping ...

Systolic dysfunction is when the left ventricle of the heart can’t contract ... The meta-analysis found that people with moderate to severe systolic dysfunction were more likely to have a ...

The findings from this single-center retrospective study compare outcomes between 2 groups of patients living with connective ...

Systolic dysfunction is when the left ventricle of the heart can't contract ... The meta-analysis found that people with moderate to severe systolic dysfunction were more likely to have a smaller ...

The researchers found a consistent association for markers of systolic dysfunction with smaller total brain volume (TBV; eg, adjusted standardized mean difference for moderate-to-severe ...

Adding Farxiga (dapagliflozin) to standard care significantly reduced the risk of death or worsening heart failure in older ...