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 ...

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%).

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is also known as also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy, broken-heart ... and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. When the left ventricular systolic function ...

Systolic congestive heart failure, or systolic heart failure, is a type of heart failure that involves the left ... Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are mechanical pumps that support heart ...

Source: Adobe Stock For primary prevention of sudden cardiac death, ICDs are indicated: Patients with a prior myocardial infarction and a left ventricular ejection fraction of < 30% (MI must have ...

This study evaluated the performance of an artificial intelligence–enabled electrocardiogram (AI-ECG) and an AI-powered digital stethoscope to see how well they could detect early signs of heart ...

"The synthetic TDI can detect subtle longitudinal changes in heart function long before the ... echocardiograms by 64.3% for detecting left ventricular systolic dysfunction and 69.9% for diastolic ...