Diastolic heart failure - No time to relax

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a   Benjamin, Emelia J ^b  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PULMONARY EDEMA; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035804294     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200101043440111     Document Type: Editorial

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