title: Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is directly associated with cerebral white matter lesions in elderly patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan.|Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsuya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan.|Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kokubo
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan.|Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Toko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mitsui
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan.|Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Motohiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyagi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan.|Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nomoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Toyoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murohara
authors.affiliation: Department of Gerontology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toba
authors.affiliation: Department of Gerontology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakurai
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D049292:Leukoaraiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009426:Netherlands; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D066127:White Matter / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*