Isolated diastolic heart failure as a cause of breathlessness in the community: The Arbroath study

Robert J. MacFadyen; Catherine M. MacLeod; Paul Shiels; W. Russell Smith; Thomas M. MacDonald

doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(00)00153-7

Isolated diastolic heart failure as a cause of breathlessness in the community: The Arbroath study

Robert J. MacFadyen, Catherine M. MacLeod, Paul Shiels, W. Russell Smith, Thomas M. MacDonald

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The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of exercise limitation due to diastolic heart failure among patients felt to have cardiac breathlessness by their general medical practitioner but not referred to hospital. We found that 18% of patients had a simple investigated profile compatible with isolated diastolic dysfunction as a cause of their symptoms. Symptoms appeared to pre-date major cardiac events (infarction; stroke; arrhythmia) that dominated the subsequent clinical course. The patients in this group have adverse cardiovascular risk profiles. Obesity was a common co-morbidity which may impair detailed 2-D echocardiographic assessment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	243-248
Number of pages	6
Journal	European Journal of Heart Failure
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1388-9842(00)00153-7
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2001

Keywords

Community-managed breathlessness
Diagnoses
Diastolic heart failure
Impaired exercise capacity

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