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Is heart failure associated with ventricular diastolic dysfunction and are betablockers a way forward to help in the management or stopping it?

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Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered

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Diastolic CHF: Beta blockers help systolic dysfunction CHF. They haven't proven to be that effective in diastolic dysfunction CHF.

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