What treatments are available for diastolic heart failure?
There are no proven treatments available today for people with diastolic heart failure. Medications may alleviate symptoms, but do not change the course of the disease or improve survival. Why is it important to treat heart failure? Heart failure affects 5.7 million people in the United States1 Diastolic heart failure, or heart failure caused by heart filling problems, occurs in about half of all heart failure patients.2 Studies have shown heart failure patients who do not receive effective treatments to improve heart function have a poor quality of life and a high risk of death. The mortality rate for these individuals is high with 74 percent dying within five years.3 Heart failure is also an expensive disease. In the United States, the direct and indirect costs associated with heart failure are estimated to be $37.9 billion for 2009.4 Sources: (1) Lloyd-Jones DM, Larson MG, Leip EP, et al. for the Framingham Heart Study. Circulation. 2002;106:3068-3072. (2) Owan TE, Hodge DO, Herges
There are no proven treatments available today for people with diastolic heart failure. Medications may alleviate symptoms, but do not change the course of the disease or improve survival. Why is it important to treat heart failure? Heart failure affects 5.7 million people in the United States1 Diastolic heart failure, or heart failure caused by heart filling problems, occurs in about half of all heart failure patients.2 Studies have shown heart failure patients who do not receive effective treatments to improve heart function have a poor quality of life and a high risk of death. The mortality rate for these individuals is high with 74 percent dying within five years.3 Heart failure is also an expensive disease. In the United States, the direct and indirect costs associated with heart failure are estimated to be $37.9 billion for 2009.4 Sources: (1) Lloyd-Jones DM, Larson MG, Leip EP, et al. for the Framingham Heart Study. Circulation. 2002;106:3068-3072. (2) Owan TE, Hodge DO, Herges
