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 ...

When Ashley Brooks was only six years old, doctors diagnosed her with a heart condition called restrictive cardiomyopathy.

Ashley Brooks, a two-time heart transplant recipient, is now a heart disease awareness advocate, encouraging others to wear ...

This limits diastolic relaxation of the heart and causes congestive ... pericarditis the BNP level is normal to very minimally elevated, while in restrictive cardiomyopathy the BNP level is ...

Bianca Gozola, born in October 2018, was a healthy baby; growing up just like her big sister, Fiona. “She was actually a really, really, chunky baby,” her mother Laura Gozola said. “She ate all ...