Diastolic Heart Failure

Section 1. Pathophysiology

1. Molecular Mechanisms of Diastolic Dysfunction
Gilles W. Keulenaer, Dirk L. Brutsaert

2. Pathophysiologic Aspects of Myocardial Relaxation and End-Diastolic Stiffness of Cardiac Ventricles
Thierry C. Gillebert, Adelino F. Leite-Moreira

3. Ventricular Interaction via the Septum and Pericardium
Israel Belenkie, Eldon R. Smith, John V. Tyberg

4. Role of the Left Atrium
Sergio Macciò, Paolo Marino

5. Role of Neurohormones and Peripheral Vasculature
Gretchen L. Wells, William C. Little

6. Filling Velocities as Markers of Diastolic Function
Otto A. Smiseth

7. Myocardial Velocities as Markers of Diastolic Function
Jaroslaw D. Kasprzak, Karina A. Wierzbowska-Drabik

8. Diastolic Versus Systolic Heart Failure
Hidekatsu Fukuta, William C. Little

Section 2. Diagnosis of Diastolic Heart Failure

9. Invasive Evaluation of Diastolic Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Loek Heerebeek, Walter J. Paulus

10. Echocardiographic Assessment of Diastolic Function and Diagnosis of Diastolic Heart Failure
Grace Lin, Jae K. Oh

11. Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Frank E. Rademakers, Jan Bogaert

12. Natriuretic Peptides in the Diagnosis of Diastolic Heart Failure
Michal Tendera, Wojciech Wojakowski

13. Noninvasive Estimation of Left Ventricular Filling Pressures
Sherif F. Nagueh

Section 3. Epidemiology, Prognosis, and Treatment

14. Epidemiology of Diastolic Heart Failure
Michal Tendera, Wojciech Wojakowski

15. Prognosis in Diastolic Heart Failure
Piotr Ponikowski, Ewa A. Jankowska, Waldemar Banasiak

16. Treatment of Diastolic Heart Failure
Michal Tendera, Ewa Gaszewska-Zurek

Section 4. Specific Disease-Related Problems in Diastolic Heart Failure

17. Coronary Artery Disease and Diastolic Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Jean G. F. Bronzwaer, Walter J. Paulus

18. Hypertension and Diastolic Function
Raymond Gaillet, Otto M. Hess

19. Diastolic Disturbances in Diabetes Mellitus
Thomas H. Marwick

20. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Saidi A. Mohiddin, William J. McKenna

21. Constrictive Pericarditis and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Farouk Mookadam, Jae K. Oh

22. Summary
Otto M. Hess, MichaL Tendera

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