Cardiac cycle-dependent changes in aortic area and distensibility are reduced in older patients with isolated diastolic heart failure and correlate with exercise intolerance
Journal of the American College of CardiologyPublished 1 September 2001
W. Gregory Hundley, Dalane W Kitzman, Timothy M. Morgan, Craig A. Hamilton, Stephen Darty, Kathryn P. Stewart
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Older patients with isolated DHF have reduced cardiac cycle-dependent changes in proximal thoracic aortic area and distensibility (beyond that which occurs with normal aging), and this correlates with and may contribute to their severe exercise intolerance.
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Older patients with isolated DHF have reduced cardiac cycle-dependent changes in proximal thoracic aortic area and distensibility (beyond that which occurs with normal aging), and this correlates with and may contribute to their severe exercise intolerance.
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