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Diastolic Function 101: Putting Diastolic Function Assessment into Clinical Practice

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Systolic and Diastolic Left Ventricular Dysfunction: From Risk Factors to Overt Heart Failure

Because life expectancy and the prevalence of risk factors such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes are rising globally, heart failure (HF) is growing into a major health problem. Impairment of left ...
News Medical

Diastolic dysfunction associated with increased risk for arrhythmic death

Sudden cardiac death is a common cause of death in patients with reduced systolic ejection function. As part of a long-term observational study, MedUni Vienna researchers from the Division of ...
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Can we predict coronary artery disease in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction based on echocardiographic parameters of diastolic dysfunction? A ...

Revascularization and medical therapy are safe and effective methods of coronary artery disease (CAD) treatment. 1 The conservative approach has recently gained more attention following comparative ...
BMJ

Preload maintenance protects against a depression in left ventricular systolic, but not diastolic, function immediately after ultraendurance exercise

1 MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa 2 Centre for Sports Medicine and Human Performance, ...