The objectives and the potential therapeutic approaches for primary diastolic heart failure are outlined in ... pressures and are useful in relieving congestive symptoms. Indeed, diuretic therapy ...

Left-sided heart failure can be diastolic (preserved ejection ... Heart failure can be acute or chronic, as follows: Acute ...

Acute heart failure-acute coronary syndrome; CHF-CHD: Congestive heart failure-chronic heart disease; CRS: Cardiorenal syndrome. Reproduced with permission from [1].

Diastolic dysfunction occurs when the left ventricular myocardium is non-compliant and not able to accept blood return in a normal fashion from the left atrium. This can be a normal physiologic ...

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 ...