… in congestive cardiac failure a more comprehensive analysis is probably needed that
includes systolic function, diastolic volume and the pattern of filling of both sides of the heart. …

… predictors of heart failure progression in HCM patients with systolic dysfunction. … patients
who experienced a stable clinical course versus those who progressed to refractory heart failure…

… study, we evaluated LV systolic function by CMR imaging in a large cohort of patients with
HCM, to characterize the early stages of disease progression preceding systolic dysfunction. …

… show that about half of all patients with heart failure have preserved left ventricular systolic
function (HF-PSF). Cohort studies of hospitalized patients show a smaller proportion of HF-…

… LV function are needed. The aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of
improvement in the LV systolic function … A sample of 98 consecutive patients with idiopathic DCM …

… The results of this study demonstrate that verapamil improves left ventricular diastolic filling
in many patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy without altering systolic function. The …

… (for the years 1986 to 1990), we identified all patients with the diagnosis of dilated
cardiomyopathy (n=686). Of these 686 patients, 442 had complete two-dimensional and Doppler …

… Although progression to systolic dysfunction and symptomatic heart failure was
uncommon in this study most patients had some evidence of wall thinning and left ventricular …

… of LV systolic performance (SW), function (ejection fraction … Ees) were not significantly different
in patients with DHF than in … of LV systolic properties has been made in patients with DHF…

… creased contractile function of the right ventricle in DCM with congestive heart failure, in the
current study there were no significant differences in volumes and global systolic function of …