Congestive heart failure with normal left ventricular systolic function: Clinical approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of diastolic heart failure

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 146-157

  Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a,c   Benjamin, Emelia J ^a,b,c   Levy, Daniel ^a,c,d,e  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DISOPYRAMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LUNG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; TACHYCARDIA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIASTOLE; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030021111     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.2.146     Document Type: Article

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