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P Dovjak1.
Abstract
The prognosis for patients with diastolic heart failure--heart failure with preserved ejection fraction--has not improved in the last few decades despite improvement of prognosis for all patients with heart failure. Diastolic dysfunction is a typical finding in elderly patients with heart failure. The diagnostic process is a challenge for clinicians who are often faced with comorbidities like COPD, osteoarthritis, sarcopenia, and diabetes. Classical treatment options fail to improve patients with diastolic heart failure; thus, a comprehensive and specific treatment plan is necessary.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23329260 DOI: 10.1007/s00391-012-0345-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Z Gerontol Geriatr ISSN: 0948-6704 Impact factor: 1.281