Heart failure patients are classified by ejection fraction (EF) into distinct groups: heart failure
with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) or heart failure with reduced ejection fraction …

It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the
use of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the …

Background—Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (EF) is a common syndrome, but
trends in treatments and outcomes are lacking. Methods and Results—We analyzed data …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and prognostic impacts of
noncardiac comorbidities in patients with heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction …

The National High Blood Pressure Education Program presents the complete Seventh
Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment …

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) is increasingly recognized as a major
public health problem worldwide. Significant advances have been made in our …

Background The prevalence of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction may be
changing as a result of changes in population demographics and in the prevalence and …

Heart failure (HF) is a major and growing public health problem in the United States.
Approximately 5 million patients in this country have HF, and over 550 000 patients are …

Background The importance of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is increasingly
recognized. We conducted a study to evaluate the epidemiologic features and outcomes of …

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) …