Incidence of chronic heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with hypertension and isolated mild diastolic dysfunction.

CONCLUSIONS Patients with isolated relaxation abnormalities constitute a clinically heterogeneous group because some of these individuals present with symptoms of HFPEF and a simultaneous increase in BNP levels. Therefore, a degree of diastolic dysfunction should be redefined, and it should be emphasized that these patients have a serious prognosis with the risk of HF. In diabetic patients, a positive correlation between higher doses of insulin (>80 units/day) and BNP levels requires further research. PMID: 26810565 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Pol Arch Med Wewn Source Type: research