Hello @msbailey75,

Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect – an online community where people can share experiences and ask each other questions about any health issue. Mayo Clinic experts also participate in the community through live Video Q&A sessions where they respond to questions posted before and during a video event. After the live event, we archive the video (on this page) for later viewing, and invite members to continue to connect and discuss with each other in the community. However, questions for the expert are closed after the event.

I'd like to invite you to explore more of Mayo Clinic Connect as I'm certain you will find some answers from the insights and experiences shared by members like you.
– Join these discussions in the Heart & Blood Health group:
Stiff Heart https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/stiff-heart/
Stiff Heart - diastolic heart failure https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/stiff-heart-diastolic-heart-failure/
– Follow the Heart & Blood Health group https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/heart-blood-vessel-conditions/

Please let me know if there’s a particular topic you’d like to talk about or members you’d like to connect with.

Here is Dr. Phillips' reply: Stiffening of the heart muscle, resulting in poor compliance or lack of “relaxation” of the heart muscle can lead to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Many things may cause this to happen, and reversing the cause if possible can slow the progress of the changes in heart function. Aerobic exercise has also been shown to be helpful. There is currently no specific medication to reverse the change in compliance of the heart.