Dr. Peter Alagona answers the question: 'Systolic vs. Diastolic Heart Failure?' — -- Question: What is the difference between systolic heart failure and diastolic heart failure? Answer: The heart ...

It is a common perception that approximately 50% of heart failure (HF) patients present with a normal or near-normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction ("HF with preserved systolic function"), ...

Dr. Barry Borlaug answers the question: 'Systolic, Diastolic Disparities?' — -- Question: Why are there so many recommendations for the treatment of systolic heart failure and so few for ...

A new study has found comparable long-term outcomes between congestive heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction commonly known as "diastolic heart failure" and congestive heart failure ...

Oct. 9, 2003 (New Orleans) — A study of patients with heart failure cared for by family physicians revealed that 73% of the practitioners did not identify diastolic dysfunction on echocardiogram (echo ...

High blood pressure, including pre-hypertension, is a major global health economic issue, accounting for about half of the total cases of stroke and ischaemic heart disease. It is responsible for ...

Nearly 5 million Americans have heart failure today, with an incidence approaching 10 per 1000 population among persons older than 65 years of age. Heart failure is the reason for at least 20 percent ...

Raised systolic and diastolic blood pressures may have different effects on different types of cardiovascular diseases and at different ages, according to new research involving 1.25 million patients ...

According to a study conducted by the researchers at the Mayo clinic it is found that there is an increase in the prevalence of a particular type of heart failure. According to a study conducted by ...

After propensity matching to limit the confounding effects of factors such as hypertension, age, diabetes, and obesity, the hazard ratio for mortality with moderate diastolic dysfunction was 1.58 (95% ...