Hypertension is believed to be the single greatest factor influencing the development of heart failure, particularly heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, also known as diastolic heart ...

Diastolic dysfunction increasingly is recognized as an important cause of congestive heart failure (CHF). In this study, Mayo Clinic researchers surveyed a random sample of 2042 adults (age, 45 or ...

Columbus-based Ohio State University’s Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital is the first in the world to study the clinical benefits of a device used to treat diastolic heart failure. Diastolic heart ...

TEWKSBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DC Devices, Inc., a medical device company pioneering first-in-class structural heart devices, has closed a $34 million Series D financing round. Accelmed led the ...

Patterns of care in renal cell carcinoma (RCC): Impact of duration of first-line (1L) treatment on second-line (2L) treatment choice. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have identified a potential treatment target for patients with a common type of heart failure. (HealthDay)—Diabetes and prediabetes ...

Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of mortality in patients with DMD. Compared with their healthy counterparts, patients with DMD — including those with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction ...

Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc. announced promising echocardiographic data regarding atrioventricular interval modulation (AVIM) therapy's impact on patients with diastolic dysfunction at the THT 2025 ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Key Takeaways Heart failure happens when the heart can't pump enough blood ...

Blood pressure consists of two numbers. Systolic pressure, the force exerted on blood vessels when the heart beats, is the upper number. Diastolic pressure, the force exerted when the heart is at rest ...