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Diastolic Heart Failure – Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis & Treatments

Swelling

When diastolic heart failure occurs, your heart cannot pump blood forward. This causes blood to back up in your systemic veins and build up in body tissues. Therefore, you might experience edema or the accumulation of fluids in the body. The symptom would be noticed in many parts of the body, such as the abdomen, legs, ankles, or feet. Somebody even gains weight because of the swelling in their abdominal areas. [3]