Is diastolic heart failure synonymous with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction? [2] (multiple letters)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1335-1336

  Kessler, Kenneth M ^a   Zile, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIASTOLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0141504240     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(03)00997-5     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. K.M. Kessler Heart failure with normal systolic function Arch Intern Med 148 1988 2109 2111
2. M.R. Zile W.H. Gaasch J.D. Carroll Heart failure with a normal ejection fraction. Is measurement of diastolic function necessary to make the diagnosis of diastolic heart failure? Circulation 104 2001 779 782
3. M.R. Zile Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is this diastolic heart failure? J Am Coll Cardiol 41 2003 1519 1522