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 ...

Diastolic heart failure is defined clinically when signs and symptoms of heart failure are present in the presence of preserved left ventricular systolic function (ejection fraction >45%).

Blood pressure charts can ... the risk of heart attack or stroke. A blood pressure reading has two numbers, which people often call the upper (systolic) and lower (diastolic) numbers.

Activation of the sympathetic nervous system and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) occur in patients with systolic heart failure. Then mainstay of therapy for this disorder is ...

The section presents a review of diastolic congestive heart failure, commonly called HFpEF. Reviews of systolic congestive HF, or HFrEF, valvular heart disease, pulmonary hypertension and right HF ...

Systolic congestive heart failure, or systolic heart failure, is a type of heart failure that involves the left side of the heart. As the left side of the heart begins losing some function ...