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Echocardiographic Assessment of Diastolic Function and Diagnosis of Diastolic Heart Failure

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Diastolic Heart Failure

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Asymptomatic diastolic dysfunction in the general population is common, even in patients without congestive heart failure,1,2 and the prevalence of moderate to severe diastolic dysfunction in asymptomatic patients increases in patients >65 years old with associated hypertension and coronary artery disease.2 The presence of diastolic dysfunction alone predicts worse outcome, with worse prognosis as the degree of diastolic dysfunction increases.2 Thus, it is important to identify and treat underlying problems (most frequently, hypertension) in patients with diastolic dysfunction.

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  1. Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Grace Lin MD

  2. Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography Laboratory, Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

    Jae K. Oh MD

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  1. Heart-Lung Clinic, Department of Cardiology Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Otto A. Smiseth MD, PhD (Professor of Medicine and Head) (Professor of Medicine and Head)

  2. 3rd Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

    Michał Tendera MD, PhD (Professor of Medicine and Head) (Professor of Medicine and Head)

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Lin, G., Oh, J.K. (2008). Echocardiographic Assessment of Diastolic Function and Diagnosis of Diastolic Heart Failure. In: Smiseth, O.A., Tendera, M. (eds) Diastolic Heart Failure. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-891-3_10

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