June 28th, 2011
Diastolic Dysfunction Linked to Mortality
Larry Husten, PHD
A new study sheds light on the prognostic value of diastolic dysfunction (DD) in patients with normal systolic function. In a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, Carmel Halley and colleagues reviewed echocardiograms from 36,261 consecutive patients who were found to have normal systolic function. Nearly two thirds (65.2%) had some degree of DD. […]
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