title: Diastolic heart failure and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction: what we know, and what we don't know!
abstract: Diastolic heart failure is a common form of congestive heart failure that is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality. In contrast to heart failure caused by systolic left ventricular dysfunction, diastolic heart failure is harder to diagnose and less likely to be accepted as a diagnosis. In addition, treatment strategies are much less defined than those for heart failure caused by systolic dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, TA 378, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27834, USA. Shammasr@mail.ecu.edu
authors.forename: Rony L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Shammas
authors.forename: Nazim Uddin Azam
authors.initials: NU
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Rajasekar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nekkanti
authors.forename: Assad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Movahed
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003971:Diastole; D004077:Digoxin; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D004232:Diuretics; D004077:Digoxin