Epidemiological Left Ventricular Outcome Research in Europe. KU Leuven
Heart failure affects 15 million Europeans. EPLORE documented the longitudinal changes in diastolic left ventricular function over 5-year time span in a randomly selected cohort representative for the Flemish population. We showed that subclinical (asymptomatic) diastolic left ventricular dysfunction affects 25% of the population and is a predictor of cardiac and cardiovascular complications. We implemented novel and completely ...