Advances in heart failure treatment have reduced hospitalizations by up to 30% and extended lives by years. Learn about ...

there is compelling rationale for extending the preliminary physiologic benefits of sildenafil seen in 'systolic' heart failure to the population with 'diastolic' heart failure. The RELAX trial ...

Heart failure can also be classified according to the heart's pumping ability, for example, systolic or diastolic heart failure. Heart failure may also be classified as acute or chronic.

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%).