Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in perspective

MA Pfeffer, AM Shah, BA Borlaug - Circulation research, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Approximately half of the patients with signs and symptoms of heart failure have a left
ventricular ejection fraction that is not markedly abnormal. Despite the historically initial …

2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension: Developed by the task force for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary …

M Humbert, G Kovacs, MM Hoeper… - European heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a pathophysiological disorder that may involve multiple
clinical conditions and may be associated with a variety of cardiovascular and respiratory …

Phenotype-specific treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a multiorgan roadmap

SJ Shah, DW Kitzman, BA Borlaug, L Van Heerebeek… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (EF; HFpEF) accounts for 50% of HF
cases, and its prevalence relative to HF with reduced EF continues to rise. In contrast to HF …

Altered hemodynamics and end-organ damage in heart failure: impact on the lung and kidney

FH Verbrugge, M Guazzi, JM Testani, BA Borlaug - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Heart failure is characterized by pathologic hemodynamic derangements, including elevated
cardiac filling pressures (“backward” failure), which may or may not coexist with reduced …

Role of diastolic stress testing in the evaluation for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a simultaneous invasive-echocardiographic study

M Obokata, GC Kane, YNV Reddy, TP Olson… - Circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is
challenging and relies largely on demonstration of elevated cardiac filling pressures …

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: from mechanisms to therapies

CSP Lam, AA Voors, RA de Boer… - European heart …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
This review aims to provide a translational perspective on recent developments in heart
failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), linking mechanistic insights to potential …

Left ventricular heart failure and pulmonary hypertension

S Rosenkranz, JSR Gibbs, R Wachter… - European heart …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In patients with left ventricular heart failure (HF), the development of pulmonary hypertension
(PH) and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction are frequent and have important impact on …

Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management. Position statement on behalf of the Heart Failure …

TM Gorter, DJ van Veldhuisen… - European journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There is an unmet need for effective treatment strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality in
patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Until recently, attention in …

Exercise testing in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: an appraisal through diagnosis, pathophysiology and therapy–A clinical consensus statement of the …

M Guazzi, M Wilhelm, M Halle… - European journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) universally complain of
exercise intolerance and dyspnoea as key clinical correlates. Cardiac as well as …

Right ventricular dysfunction in left‐sided heart failure with preserved versus reduced ejection fraction

L Bosch, CSP Lam, L Gong, SP Chan… - European journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is recognized as a major prognostic factor in
left‐sided heart failure (HF). However, the relative contribution of RV dysfunction in HF with …