Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in elderly hypertensives: results of the APROS-diadys study.

A, Zanchetti; C, Cuspidi; L, Comarella; EA, Rosei; E, Ambrosioni; M, Chiariello; G, Leonetti; G, Mancia; AC, Pessina; A, Salvetti; B, Trimarco; M, Volpe; N, Grassivaro; G, Vargiu

doi:10.1097/hjh.0b013e3282eee9cf

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Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in elderly hypertensives: results of the APROS-diadys study.

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Zanchetti A

Cuspidi C

Comarella L

Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>A number of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) have diastolic but not systolic dysfunction. This occurs particularly in the elderly and in hypertension, but the prevalence of diastolic dysfunction in elderly hypertensives without CHF has never been investigated systematical...

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