Three well-controlled epidemiology studies in the US have reported that 40% of incident
congestive heart failure (CHF) cases and 50% to 60% of prevalent CHF cases occur in the …

Heart failure associated with preserved systolic function: A common and costly clinical entity
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As described in the study by Smith et al.(1) published in this issue of the Journal, the
syndrome of “heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction” includes patients admitted to …

ContextMany older patients with symptoms of congestive heart failure have a preserved left
ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). However, the pathophysiology of this disorder …

Recent cross-sectional, population-based echocardiographic studies show that about half of
all patients with heart failure have preserved left ventricular systolic function (HF-PSF) …

Recent epidemiological studies suggest that 30% to 50% of patients with heart failure (HF)
have preserved left ventricular (LV) systolic function. These patients, often presumed to have …

Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) and preserved systolic function are very
common. Despite the high prevalence of this syndrome, very little information is known …

It is now well established that among patients with the clinical syndrome of heart failure (HF),
approximately half have preserved systolic function, known most commonly as heart failure …

Clinical congestive heart failure (CHF) is traditionally associated wtih significant left
ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction. Over a 1-year period, 58 patients with CHF and intact …

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is typically associated with impaired left ventricular (LV)
systolic performance. Few reports exist describing the long-term outcome in patients with …