Hypertension does not directly cause dyspnoea; however it can lead to long-term effects on the heart and arteries ...

Left atrial enlargement (LAE) is when the left side of the heart enlarges or swells, leading to breathlessness, fatigue, and other symptoms. It often affects people with high blood pressure and ...

In addition, echocardiographic variables, such left atrial enlargement, left ventricular wall thickness ... "If the heart isn't relaxing, the filling pressure increases, which means the atrial ...

If the Valsalva maneuver fails to reduce the left ventricular pressure in the setting of diastolic ... and thus increasing left ventricular filling. This maneuver will decrease the murmur of ...

as left ventricular early diastolic filling is impaired. The significantly increased opening pressure causes an opening snap to occur when the mitral valve leaflets suddenly tense and dome into ...

Objective Our objective was to evaluate the effects of long-term reduced training on the left atrium (LA) in elite endurance ...

Medically reviewed by Yasmine S. Ali, MD, MSCI Ejection fraction (EF) measures how well the heart pumps blood. A normal EF is 55% to 70%, meaning the heart pumps out at least half of the blood in its ...