Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction of the cardiac surgery patient; a point of view for the cardiac surgeon and cardio-anesthesiologist

Table 1 Articles "investigating the background" of the entity Diastolic Heart Failure (DHF).

Author	Year	Journal	Conclusions
Kessler KM et al [35]	1989	Hosp Pract	Introduction of the term DHF
Paulus WJ [67]	1999	Cardiovasc Res.	Development of specific diagnostic criteria for DHF
Bruch C et al [68]	2000	Eur Heart J	Tei-index: relation to LVEDP, sensitive indicator of overall cardiac dysfunction
Mandinov L et al [69]	2000	Cardiovasc Res	Doppler--Echo definitions
Vasan and Levy [70]	2000	Circulation	Development of criteria for definite, probable and possible DHF
Crossman W [16]	2000	Circulation	Thoughtful Editorial
Zile MR et al [71]	2001	Circulation	Tested the hypothesis that measurements of the LV relaxation and passive stiffness were not necessary to make the diagnosis of DHF
Poulsen SH et al [72]	2001	Dan Med Bull	DHF following acute MI
Catuzzo B et al [73]	2003	J Card Fail	Regarding patients with CHF: BNP plasma levels is related to diastolic restrictive pattern
Hogg K et al [21]	2004	J Am Coll Cardiol	Epidemiology of the syndrome of heart failure with preserved LV systolic function: clinical characteristics
Zile MR et al [30]	2004	N Engl J Med	Invasive assessment of DHF. Identification of significant abnormalities in active relaxation and passive stiffness
Yturralde RF et al [74]	2005	Prog Cardiovasc Dis	Review and current recommendations
Zile MR et al [75])	2005	Prog Cardiovasc Dis	Overview of systolic and DHF
Shammas RL et al [76]	2007	Int J Cardiol	DHF: "what we don t know"
Scardovi AB et al [77]	2007	Eur J Echocardiogr	BNP and advanced DHF