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Focale: study of systolic and diastolic heart failure in a French elderly population.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17399824     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
CONTEXT: The epidemic of heart failure (HF) in France has not been fully investigated and data on both the systolic and diastolic forms are limited. OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence, aetiology and treatments of both forms in French patients over 65 with HF (NYHA grade II-IV). PARTICIPANTS: Cross-sectional study of 446 patients with HF recruited by 273 randomly selected cardiologists in France, with echocardiography and ECG available for central reading. MAIN MEASUREMENTS: Prevalence of diastolic (DHF) and systolic (SHF) HF using the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). RESULTS: DHF, with a mean LVEF of 57.6+/-8.0%, was reported for 245 (54.9%) patients and SHF, with a mean LVEF of 33.33+/-8.0% was reported for 201 (45.1%) patients. Men were more prone to suffer SHF than DHF whereas for women the reverse was true. As compared to SHF, DHF endsystolic and enddiastolic volumes were smaller, the thickness/radius ratio was greater, with a longer E-wave deceleration time and a shorter peak filling rate. Aetiology and treatments were similar in both types of HF, except for ACE inhibitors and aldosterone antagonists, which were more frequently prescribed in SHF. CONCLUSION: This observational study provides further knowledge of SHF and DHF in outpatients.
Authors:
Olivier Dubourg; Pascal Gueret; Alain Beauchet; Sophie Nisse-Durgeat; Alain Ducardonnet
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2007-03-30
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of cardiology     Volume:  124     ISSN:  1874-1754     ISO Abbreviation:  Int. J. Cardiol.     Publication Date:  2008 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-02-04     Completed Date:  2008-03-13     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8200291     Medline TA:  Int J Cardiol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  188-92     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP Boulogne-Billancourt, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France. olivier.dubourg@apr.aphp.fr
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cardiotonic Agents / therapeutic use
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diastole
Echocardiography, Doppler
Electrocardiography
Female
France / epidemiology
Geriatric Assessment
Heart Failure / diagnosis*,  drug therapy,  epidemiology*
Humans
Male
Probability
Prognosis
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Sex Distribution
Statistics, Nonparametric
Stroke Volume*
Survival Analysis
Systole
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis*,  drug therapy,  epidemiology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cardiotonic Agents

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