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.
Zile
Michael R
MR
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, the Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. zilem@musc.edu
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Catalin F
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Bonnema
David D
DD
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*