Do patients with suspected heart failure and preserved left ventricular systolic function suffer from “diastolic heart failure” or from misdiagnosis? A prospective descriptive study

BMJ

Volumn 321, Issue 7255, 2000, Pages 215-218

  Caruana, Lynn ^a   Petrie, Mark C ^a   Davie, Andrew P ^a   Mcmurray, john j v ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGINA PECTORIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034702499     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7255.215     Document Type: Article

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