Considering that arterial stiffness and subsequent increases in wave reflection precede hypertension, 15, 16 it is plausible that the effect of wave reflection on early stages of LV diastolic ...

Japanese scientists at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Teikyo University of Science, and Juntendo University have found -- in animal studies -- a close relationship between ...

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 ...

A routine physical examination does not allow diagnosing systolic or diastolic LV dysfunction in the preclinical phase (stage B). Similarly, a physical examination cannot accurately characterize the ...

A restrictive cardiomyopathy results in severe diastolic congestive heart failure with intact systolic function. This is due to significantly impaired left ventricular relaxation, which results in ...

In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information by sharing relevant background and reasoning ...

The right coronary artery and the atrioventricular node are adjacent to the annulus and are important anatomical considerations for surgical or transcatheter interventions. The right coronary artery ...

Using a new noninvasive imaging technique, scientists said they have discovered important, fundamental differences in heart motion by age and gender. Their study — reported in Circulation: ...

Credit: Getty Images. The relationship between dilated cardiomyopathy and celiac disease appears unlikely; however, several studies have suggested that an association exists. Dilated cardiomyopathy ...

New, precise imaging of the heart's motions showed important differences between men and women and different age groups. The gender differences in heart motion were not all explained by anatomical ...