Burden of Systolic and Diastolic Ventricular Dysfunction in the Community
Author(s) -
Margaret M. Redfield,
Steven J. Jacobsen,
John C. Burnett,
Douglas W. Mahoney,
Kent R. Bailey,
Richard J. Rodeheffer
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.289.2.194
Subject(s) - medicine , diastole , cardiology , heart failure , ejection fraction , systole , framingham heart study , population , diastolic heart failure , framingham risk score , blood pressure , disease , environmental health
Approximately half of patients with overt congestive heart failure (CHF) have diastolic dysfunction without reduced ejection fraction (EF). Yet, the prevalence of diastolic dysfunction and its relation to systolic dysfunction and CHF in the community remain undefined.
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