Isolated diastolic heart failure accounts for 20 to 40% of heart failure cases, has a more favorable prognosis than systolic heart failure, and currently lacks licensed treatments.
Isolated diastolic heart failure accounts for 20-40% of heart failure cases and has a better prognosis than systolic heart failure, though it lacks specific licensed treatments.
Epidemiological evidence suggests that 20 to 40% of all patients with heart failure have normal systolic function. Isolated diastolic dysfunction may be the principle pathophysiological mechanism in these patients. The diagnosis of isolated diastolic heart failure is problematic and not merely based on demonstrating normal systolic function. The prognosis in isolated diastolic heart failure is more favourable than in systolic heart failure. At the present time, there is no licensed treatment for isolated diastolic heart failure and treatment is largely empirical.
Shiels et al. (Sat,) conducted a review in Isolated diastolic heart failure. Isolated diastolic heart failure accounts for 20 to 40% of heart failure cases, has a more favorable prognosis than systolic heart failure, and currently lacks licensed treatments.