
CASE DISCUSSION
Diastolic Dysfunction: Case Overview
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Case Description
Diastolic dysfunction is a condition in which the heart's ventricles have difficulty relaxing and filling with blood during the diastolic phase of the cardiac cycle. It is often diagnosed through echocardiography, which can assess the filling patterns of the ventricles and detect abnormalities in...
Case Summary
- Diastolic dysfunction refers to the heart's inability to fill properly without increased pressure. It accounts for approximately 50% of heart failure cases, often affecting older women with obesity and comorbidities like hypertension and diabetes. Patients with preserved ejection fraction have a worse prognosis than those with decreased ejection fraction.
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Dr. Nikhilesh Jain
Alumni - Royal College of PhysiciansDirector and Consultant Dept of Critical Care at CHL Hospitals, Indore
Dr. Nikhilesh Jain is a distinguished Physician Intensivist with over 20 years of experience in critical care medicine. He currently serves as Director and Operational Head of the Department of Critical Care Services at CARE CHL Hospitals, Indore. He completed his MBBS from Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, followed by DNB (Medicine) from Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, and MRCP (Ireland). He also holds IDCCM, FCCCM, and FIECMO qualifications. His special interests include Hemodynamic Monitoring, ECMO, Infectious Diseases and Sepsis, Critical Care Ultrasound, and Multi-Organ Transplants. He has over 65 national and international publications, book chapters, and serves as a journal reviewer for Cureus and Neurocritical Care Society. He is a DNB teacher in Critical Care, has served as Past Secretary and President of ISCCM (Indore Chapter), and is a member of prestigious societies including SCCM (USA), ESICM, ISCCM, NCS, and ATS. He is also involved with ROTTO and SOTTO, India\'s premier organ transplant organizations.
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