Response to Letter Regarding Article “Contractile Behavior of the Left Ventricle in Diastolic Heart Failure: With Emphasis on Regional Systolic Function” | Zendy

Gerard P. Aurigemma | Zendy; Michael R. Zile | Zendy; William H. Gaasch | Zendy

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Response to Letter Regarding Article “Contractile Behavior of the Left Ventricle in Diastolic Heart Failure: With Emphasis on Regional Systolic Function”

Author(s) -

Gerard P. Aurigemma,

Michael R. Zile,

William H. Gaasch

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.628255

Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , heart failure , cardiology , contractility , diastole , diastolic heart failure , diastolic function , ejection fraction , blood pressure

We appreciate Dr Sanderson’s interest and support of our efforts to better understand cardiac function in patients with diastolic heart failure (DHF) and welcome the opportunity to respond. We have previously reported normal left ventricular systolic performance, function, and contractility in patients with DHF and have concluded that the pumping ability of the whole ventricle is normal in the basal state.1 To our knowledge, there are no published data that refute this …

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