Impairment of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function as well as systolic function appear very early in the course of heart disease. Recent HF guidelines, therefore, place special emphasis on the ...

Background: Prolonged steady state exercise can lead to a decrease in left ventricular (LV ... volume (SV), ejection fraction (EF), systolic blood pressure/end systolic volume ratio (sBP/ESV), and ...

A murmur is either systolic, diastolic or continuous throughout ... as blood flows backward through the diseased valve when ventricular pressures drop during relaxation. Regarding the mitral ...

Immediately before the S1 sound, active left ventricular filling occurs when ... ductus arteriosus is continuous throughout systole and diastole. Often the S2 heart sound is difficult to detect.

Risk for incident stroke and transient ischemic attack, as well as major bleeding, is affected by severity of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. An independent association exists between left ...

Orchestra BioMed (OBIO) announced a late-breaking oral presentation of data on the benefits of atrioventricular interval modulation therapy on ...

HF guidelines place a special emphasis on the detection of subclinical left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic dysfunction, and the timely identification of risk factors for HF. Impairment of ...