June 27, 2011 (Cleveland, Ohio) — Nearly two-thirds of outpatients with a normal LVEF when referred for echocardiography also had LV diastolic dysfunction, and moderate or severe diastolic dysfunction ...

Diastolic dysfunction in the presence of impaired systolic dysfunction is associated with mortality, but a new study has found that diastolic dysfunction in patients with normal systolic function is ...

Recently, while preparing an updated presentation to the Saint Louis University cardiology fellows on "diastolic dysfunction," the Skeptical Cardiologist came across a document entitled "What Does ...

Obesity is a major public health epidemic and is associated with increased risk of heart failure and mortality. We evaluated the impact of body mass index (BMI) on the prevalence of diastolic ...