The Impact of Spironolactone in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: What Phase of Diastole Is Helped?

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 May;12(5):795-797. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.01.030. Epub 2018 Dec 12.

Authors

James D Thomas¹, Menhel Kinno²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: JThomas8@nm.org.
² Department of Cardiology, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

PMID: 30553682
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.01.030

No abstract available

Keywords: E/e' ratio; aldosterone antagonism; heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; left ventricular filling; untwisting rate.

Publication types

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MeSH terms

Diastole
Heart Failure*
Humans
Spironolactone*
Stroke Volume

Substances

Spironolactone