Patients with diastolic heart failure would present with ____________________

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Diastolic heart failure is characterized by a problem with the filling of the ventricles during diastole, the period of relaxation when the heart is filling with blood. This results in a decreased amount of blood being pumped out with each contraction. Option B, a decrease in cardiac contractility, would be more characteristic of systolic heart failure. Option C, the heart pumping out more blood than it should with each contraction, would be a sign of increased cardiac output, which is not typically seen in diastolic heart failure. Option D, the heart muscle relaxing longer than it should with each contraction, does not accurately describe diastolic heart failure.

Patients with Diastolic Heart Failure Would Present with ____________________