Abstract

QUINONES, Miguel A. Fisiopatología de la Insuficiencia Cardiaca Diastólica. Rev. costarric. cardiol [online]. 2009, vol.11, n.2, pp.20-23. ISSN 1409-4142.

Pathophysiology of Diastolic Heart Failure The principal clinical and pathophysiological characteristics of diastolic heart failure along with intrínsic and extrinsic factors that can induce or worsen it are discussed.

Keywords : Diastolic cardiac heart failure; ejection fraction; myocardial relaxation; myocardial stiffness.

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