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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in women: a sex-specific clinical review.
The Korean journal of internal medicine - 1 Sept 2026
Kim Soo-Jin, Shin Mi-Seung
Abstract excerpt
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) affects approximately half of the current heart failure population and demonstrates marked sex-related differences in pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and therapeutic response. These distinctions reflect the divergent biological pathways that shape disease expression in women and men. In women, disease expression is frequently linked to cardiometabolic...
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- Humans
- Female
- Stroke Volume
- Heart Failure
- Ventricular Function, Left
- Sex Factors
- Ventricular Remodeling
