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Insight into different phenotypic presentations of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Bashir Zubair, Chen Edward W, Tori Katerina, Ghosalkar Dhairyasheel, Aurigemma Gerard P, Dickey John B, Haines Philip
Abstract excerpt
Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) accounts for half of all HF diagnoses, and its prevalence is increasing at an alarming rate. Lately, it has been recognized as a clinical syndrome due to diverse underlying etiology and pathophysiological mechanisms. The classic echocardiographic features of HFpEF have been well described as preserved ejection fraction (≥50%), left ventricular...
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