Understanding “Diastolic” Heart Failure
- 6 May 2004
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 350 (19) , 1930-1931
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmp048064
Abstract
Heart failure is common and costly, and it primarily affects the elderly. As the elderly population expands, there will be marked increases in the number of persons with heart failure. Epidemiologic studies have established that 40 percent to 50 percent of patients with heart failure have a normal ejection fraction (≥50 percent) without primary valve disease, a clinical syndrome that is commonly referred to as “diastolic” heart failure. Despite great progress in our understanding of and therapeutic approach to heart failure associated with systolic dysfunction, or systolic heart failure, we are now realizing that basic research and clinical investigations have . . .Keywords
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