Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a disease in which the left ventricle (LV) of the heart shows impaired relaxation during cardiac diastole, often accompanied by structural and ...

The aorta, a large blood vessel responsible for transporting oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body, plays a ...

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Congestive heart failure (CHF) is when the heart does not pump blood around the body efficiently. This can cause symptoms such as lung congestion and swelling due to fluid retention. According to ...

This means the heart must work overtime to do its job. Learn more about the systole and diastole phases. Systolic and diastolic heart failure both occur in the left ventricle of the heart but can ...