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- Heart failure with preserved systolic function: is the legitimacy of the term of 'diastolic heart faPublished on: 23 November 2015
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Dear Editor
I read with great interest the editorial by JE Sanderson,[1] which focuses on the current controversy about the term of "diastolic heart failure".[2-5]
There is now evidence that in patients with symptoms and signs of heart failure without overt evidence of impaired left ventricular systolic function, delayed relaxation and/or abnormal stiffness are almost constant regardless of the severity of s...
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