“Small VSDs are typically asymptomatic, discovered during routine checkups due to a heart murmur, an abnormal sound heard through a stethoscope,” Dr Marwah says, adding that these are usually ...

Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) predicts mortality in patients in cardiac intensive care units. An artificial intelligence enhanced ECG (AIECG) algorithm can predict LVDD and mortality ...

At echocardiography, they had more enlarged cardiac chambers, worse LV and RV systolic function, diastolic dysfunction, and severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation (Table 2). Table 2.

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 ...

What Do Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Numbers Mean? When you check your blood pressure, you get two numbers. The first, or top, number, is called systolic blood pressure. The second ...

A wide pulse pressure is when the difference between the top number (systolic) and bottom number (diastolic) of your blood pressure reading is more than 100 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) apart. It is ...

It should be appreciated that clinical heart failure with preserved systolic function (diastolic heart failure) can be caused by heterogeneous pathophysiologic conditions. Hypertrophic ...

Objective In individuals with complex underlying health problems, the association between systolic blood pressure (SBP) and cardiovascular disease is less well recognised. The association between SBP ...

If your doctor told you that you have a heart murmur, you’re probably wondering what that means. Is my health in danger? Will I always have a heart murmur? Do I need surgery? The good news is that ...