… the accuracy of the clinical diagnosis of diastolic heart failure. Accordingly, we hypothesized
… and normal ejection fraction do indeed have measurable abnormalities in diastolic function. …

… showed that worsening of diastolic function in outpatients with normal ejection fraction (n=…
diastolic function. This hazard ratio was equivalent to that from worsening of systolic function in …

… these aspects of diastole is not sufficient to establish that diastolic dysfunction is the cause
… with a normal ejection fraction. To determine that an abnormality of diastolic function is the …

… not related to diastolic dysfunction. Accordingly, the descriptive term HF with … normal ejection
fraction: is measurement of diastolic function necessary to make the diagnosis of diastolic …

… normal LV ejection fraction (LVEF), patients with HFNEF have significantly lower values of LV
longitudinal systolic function … patients, LV subendocardial systolic function is not preserved.…

… Most patients who had a normal diastolic function (grade 0) had … an ejection fraction of 0.40
to 0.50 had diastolic dysfunction similar to that of patients who had HF and ejection fractions …

… with heart failure with normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (HFNEF), the … diastolic
subendocardial dysfunction of the RV (ie, impaired RV longitudinal systolic and diastolic function…

… A high prevalence (65.0%) of DD was observed in our cohort with normal ejection fraction …
in a large cohort of outpatients with normal ejection fraction. This finding has important clinical …

… of left ventricular diastolic function are superior to ejection fraction in determining prognosis.
… have low ejection fractions. In patients with heart failure and more normal ejection fractions. …

… for 104 patients with HF with an ejection fraction (EF) of <0.50 and 102 patients with HF with
an EF of ≥0.50. Progressively more severe diastolic dysfunction is strongly associated with …