Prevention of Congestive Heart Failure and Treatment of Asymptomatic Left Ventricular Dysfunction

This chapter contains sections titled: Epidemiology of heart failure Epidemiology of asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction Factors that lead to the development of heart failure Pathophysiologic abnormalities in asymptomatic LV dysfunction that predict the development of CHF Clinical factors predicting the development of symptomatic heart failure in asymptomatic LV dysfunction Prevention of symptomatic heart failure Conclusions Epidemiology of heart failure Epidemiology of asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction Factors that lead to the development of heart failure Pathophysiologic abnormalities in asymptomatic LV dysfunction that predict the development of CHF Clinical factors predicting the development of symptomatic heart failure in asymptomatic LV dysfunction Prevention of symptomatic heart failure Conclusions