Diastolic Heart Failure: Current Data

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  • Kanu Chatterjee Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v3i4.283

Abstract

The pathophysiology, structural and functional changes in diastolic heart failure are characterized by the lack of ventricular dilatation, normal left ventricular ejection fraction and increased fibrosis and left ventricular stiffness. The hemodynamic profile is similar to that of systolic heart failure. The therapeutic modalities available remain limited. Current data on diastolic heart failure are herein briefly reviewed.

Author Biography

Kanu Chatterjee, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA

Specialty: Cardiology

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Vol. 3 No. 4 (2008)

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