Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Dangerous, elusive, and difficult

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-287

  Nielsen, Olav W ^a   Køber, Lars ^b   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^c  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AORTA VALVE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CONGESTION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 38849151541     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm597     Document Type: Editorial

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