[Diastolic heart failure: myth or fact?].
Diastolic heart failure is a frequent diagnosis, but now it is more acurate to call this heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. The diagnosis can be made non invasively by the echocardiography and measuring BNP (brain natriuretic peptide). Consensus about treatment are less evidence-based than for heart failure with diminished ejection fraction. It is however certain that control of hypertension and heart rate are important. Fluid overload must also be treated with diuretics.
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Letizia
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Service de médecine interne générale, HUG, 1211 Genève 14. letizia.conti@hcuge.ch
Lerch
René
R
Perrier
Arnaud
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D054144:Heart Failure, Diastolic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology*