Diastolic dysfunction is common and predicts outcome after cardiac surgery.
Thomas S MetkusAlejandro Suarez-PierreTodd C CrawfordJennifer S LawtonLee GoeddelJeffrey Dodd-OMonica MukherjeeTheodore P AbrahamGlenn J WhitmanPublished in: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery (2018)
Diastolic dysfunction is common among patients undergoing cardiac surgery and is associated with death, prolonged mechanical ventilation, and prolonged hospital and ICU length of stay independent of systolic dysfunction.