Open AccessLeft Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction In Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus And Ischaemic Heart Disease
Author(s) -
RK Shah,
A.B. Upadhayaya,
L Tibrewala,
Punya Prasad Regmi,
Kiran Acharya,
HH Khanal,
Satyan Rajbhandari,
Bikash Nepal
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
nepalese heart journal/nepalese heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2382-5464
pISSN - 2091-2978
DOI - 10.3126/njh.v3i3.26052
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , cardiology , diastole , diastolic heart failure , diabetes mellitus , abnormality , ischaemic heart disease , diastolic function , blood pressure , endocrinology , psychiatry
Congestive heart failure caused by a predominant abnormality in diastolic function is both common and causes significant morbidity and mortality. However, there is a continued controversy surroundings the definition of diastolic dysfunction and the diagnostic criteria for diastolic heart failure. Recent clinical studies have provided sufficient data to develop standardized diagnostic criteria to define diastolic heart failure.