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European Heart Journal 2004 25(14):1181-1182; doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2004.05.021
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Editorial

Appearances can deceive: even brave hearts can fail

Kenneth Dickstein*

University of Bergen, Central Hospital in Rogaland Stavanger, Norway

* Correspondence to: Kenneth Dickstein, Division of Cardiology, University of Bergen, Central Hospital in Rogaland 4011 Stavanger, Norway. Tel.: +47-51-51-80-00; fax: +47-51-51-99-21
E-mail address: trout@online.no

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This editorial refers to "Differences between patients with a preserved and a depressed left ventricular function: a report from the EuroHeart Failure Survey"1 by M.J. Lenzen et al. on page 1214

The enigma faces us every day and we still do not know how to define or manage it. Patients develop the typical signs and symptoms of heart failure although they apparently have "normal" left ventricular systolic function. The syndrome occurs both acutely and chronically and is responsible for approximately half of the heart failure epidemic.1 The terminology is the subject of debate. There is consensus that patients with "diastolic heart failure" or "heart failure with preserved left ventricular function" tend to be older and more frequently female with a history of hypertension. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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