Diastolic heart failure: definitions and terminology.
Patients with chronic heart failure can be divided into 2 broad categories: systolic heart failure and diastolic heart failure. There are significant differences in demographics, prognosis, left ventricular structure, as well as systolic and diastolic function between these 2 groups of patients. The purpose of this presentation is to define the terminology used to describe these 2 broad categories of heart failure and to characterize the functional measurements that constitute their pathophysiological mechanisms.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, the Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. zilem@musc.edu
Michael R
MR
Zile
Catalin F
CF
Baicu
David D
DD
Bonnema
D000368:Aged; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013599:Systole / Q000502:physiology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000503:physiopathology; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling / Q000502:physiology*