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 …

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 …

Background: Patients with congestive heart failure have an annual mortality of 10% to 20%
depending on disease severity. Though one third of these patients have normal left …

Objectives: We evaluated the six-month clinical trajectory of patients hospitalized for heart
failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (EF), as the natural history of this condition has …

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 …

Key Clinical Points Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction In patients who have
signs and symptoms of heart failure but a preserved ejection fraction, objective evidence of …

In patients with clinical heart failure entered into the Veterans Administration Cooperative
Study (V-HeFT) trial, 83 of 623 who had a baseline radionuclide measurement of left …

BACKGROUND: We assessed the prevalence of preserved left ventricular ejection fraction
in patients with incident heart failure and differences in the demographic and clinical …

Background: Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (EF) is common. We
compared the characteristics, treatments, and outcomes in HF patients with reduced vs …

Aims This study was designed to identify the characteristics and long-term prognosis of heart
failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) in patients hospitalized for a first episode of …