Heart failure with a normal ejection fraction

Nearly half of patients with symptoms of heart failure are found to have a normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction. This has variously been labelled as diastolic heart failure, heart failure with preserved LV function or heart failure with a normal ejection fraction (HFNEF). As recent studies...

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Published in:Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2007-02, Vol.93 (2), p.155-158
Main Author: Sanderson, J E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Aged
atrial fibrillation
Biological and medical sciences
Candesartan in Heart failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and morbidity
Cardiology. Vascular system
CHARM
Clinical trials
Diabetes
Diastole
Echocardiography, Doppler
Epidemiology
Female
Fractions
Heart
Heart attacks
Heart failure
Heart Failure - diagnosis
Heart Failure - etiology
Heart Failure - physiopathology
heart failure with a normal ejection fraction
Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement
Heart Review
HFNEF
Hospitals
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - complications
Hypertension - physiopathology
Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications
Kidney Failure, Chronic - physiopathology
left ventricular
left ventricular ejection fraction
LVEF
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Morbidity
Mortality
Myocardial Infarction - complications
Myocardial Infarction - physiopathology
Older people
Patients
Physiology
Population
SHF
Stroke Volume - physiology
Studies
systolic heart failure
Velocity
Ventricular Remodeling
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Summary:Nearly half of patients with symptoms of heart failure are found to have a normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction. This has variously been labelled as diastolic heart failure, heart failure with preserved LV function or heart failure with a normal ejection fraction (HFNEF). As recent studies have shown that systolic function is not entirely normal in these patients, HFNEF is the preferred term. The epidemiology, aetiology and possible pathophysiology of this contentious condition are reviewed. The importance of the remodelling process in determining whether a patient presents with systolic heart failure or HFNEF is emphasised and this can be used to classify patients in a more rational manner.
ISSN:1355-6037
1468-201X
DOI:10.1136/hrt.2005.074187