1.
J Am Coll Cardiol
; 38(7): 2101-13, 2001 Dec.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11738322
Assuntos
Insuficiência Cardíaca/terapia , Adulto , Doença Crônica , Medicina Baseada em Evidências , Insuficiência Cardíaca/diagnóstico , Insuficiência Cardíaca/etiologia , Humanos , Assistência Terminal , Estados Unidos , Disfunção Ventricular Esquerda/diagnóstico , Disfunção Ventricular Esquerda/etiologia , Disfunção Ventricular Esquerda/terapia
2.
Circulation
; 104(24): 2996-3007, 2001 Dec 11.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11739319
3.
Geriatrics
; 54(8): 24-8, 31-3, 1999 Aug.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10451645
RESUMO
Morbidity and mortality from congestive heart failure (CHF) remain high for older patients with systolic or diastolic dysfunction. These two disease processes differ in clinical manifestations, physical findings, treatment options, and prognosis. No one physical findings is diagnostic, which underlines the importance of assessing LV function with Doppler echocardiography. Diastolic dysfunction has been shown to increase with age, although most data demonstrating effective medical therapy for CHF applies to patients with systolic dysfunction. The treatment of older patients with preserved systolic function and CHF is therefore difficult, due to incomplete understanding of diastolic dysfunction and limited data about specific drug therapies.