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What Diastolic Dysfunction Feels Like

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Jul 18 6:16am | Replies (6)

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Well, I was tired, fatigued, had trouble breathing, couldn’t catch my breath. For me this all showed up after a bad bout of COVID. Pulmonologists thought it was cardiac. Cardiologists thought it was pulmonary. Some docs and I thought it was dysautonomia and long Covid. My cardiologist suggested MAYO Rochester for additional testing that wasn’t available elsewhere. That testing yielded a definitive diagnosis of HFpEF (diastolic dysfunction). I started on Jardiance and that was initially very helpful but soon waned in effectiveness. I was lucky enough to be enrolled in the REIMAGINE-HFpEF surgical study and that has been a game changer for me. Off to the gym in a bit a couple hour workout and then yard work.

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@altilla --- What were your BP numbers (symptoms) that led to your diagnosis? I have had "wide pulse pressure" where my diastolic reading was 60+ difference below/from the systolic reading. I believe they also call this diastolic hypotension in some cases. I'm curious what you learned about this from your process.