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SUBMITTER: Henning RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6952725 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
World journal of cardiology 20200101 1
Nearly six million people in United States have heart failure. Fifty percent of these people have normal left ventricular (LV) systolic heart function but abnormal diastolic function due to increased LV myocardial stiffness. Most commonly, these patients are elderly women with hypertension, ischemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, obesity, diabetes mellitus, renal disease, or obstructive lung disease. The annual mortality rate of these patients is 8%-12% per year. The diagnosis is based on t ...[more]