Key result
Echocardiography is essential to distinguish diastolic from systolic heart failure, as clinical assessment alone is inadequate and therapeutic approaches differ between the two conditions.
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Review
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Supports differentiated HF therapies by subtype; leaves open prospective validation of echocardiography thresholds and outcomes.
Emphasizes that diastolic heart failure is a distinct clinical entity from systolic heart failure, requiring echocardiography for diagnosis and potentially different therapeutic strategies.
Wheeldon et al. (1994) conducted a review in Diastolic heart failure. Echocardiography is essential to distinguish diastolic from systolic heart failure, as clinical assessment alone is inadequate and therapeutic approaches differ between the two conditions.
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