Diastolic heart failure causes a stiff left ventricle that prevents the heart from relaxing between beats. Common symptoms include coughing, tiredness, and shortness of breath. Systolic and ...

When this happens, doctors call it left atrial enlargement (LAE). LAE has links with several conditions, including atrial fibrillation (A-fib) and heart failure ... s left ventricle to thicken ...

A left ventricular aneurysm can form after a transmural myocardial infarction and involves dilation of the left ventricular wall in an abnormal fashion. Most commonly, the apex of the heart is ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Figure 1: a, Shift in calmodulin-associated CnA isoforms in the failing human left ventricle. Of the three calcineurin A isoforms (α, β ...

A ventricular ... resulting in a high left ventricular cardiac output. Forward systemic flow can be reduced if the shunt is large resulting in symptoms of congestive heart failure.