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Systolic and diastolic heart failure: different phenotypes of the same disease?
European journal of heart failure - 1 Feb 2007
De Keulenaer Gilles W, Brutsaert Dirk L
Abstract excerpt
Traditional pathophysiological concepts of chronic heart failure have largely focused on the haemodynamic consequences of ventricular systolic dysfunction. How these concepts relate to the pathophysiology of diastolic heart failure, i.e., heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction is, however, unclear, causing uncertainty about pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. Recent measurements of regional...
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