Heart failure (HF) is a complex syndrome that affects mortality/morbidity and acts at different
levels in the patient's life, resulting in a drastic impairment in multiple aspects of daily …

Making a firm diagnosis of chronic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
remains a challenge. We recommend a new stepwise diagnostic process, the 'HFA–PEFF …

Heart failure (HF) is characterized by a progressive clinical course marked by frequent
exacerbations and repeated hospitalizations, leading to considerably high morbidity and …

Background Symptoms of anxiety, depression, and cognitive impairment are common in
heart failure (HF) patients, but there are inconsistencies in the literature regarding their …

Background Heart failure phenotyping in single‐ventricle Fontan patients is challenging,
particularly in patients with normal ejection fraction (EF). The objective of this study was to …

Purpose: Although exercise training (ET) has been shown to improve both physical function
and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in older patients with heart failure and preserved …

Background Heart failure (HF) patients present with a variety of symptoms at different stages
of the disease, but the underlying pathophysiology still is unclear. Left atrial (LA) function …

Aims Functional capacity is an important endpoint for therapies oriented to older adults with
cardiovascular diseases. The literature on predictors of exercise capacity is sparse in the …

Background Although both hospitalization and mortality due to heart failure (HF) have been
widely studied, less is known about the impact of HF on disability and quality of life. Aim To …

Background Volitional physical activity level is predictive of a variety of health outcomes, but
has not been examined in patients recently hospitalized for acute decompensated HF …