HFNEF breathlessness: Is it really heart failure?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-112

  Henein, Michael ^a,b   Owen, Andrew ^b,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Princess Diana Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

heart failure; HFNEF

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

BREATHING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPOXIA; LUNG CONGESTION; OBESITY; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DYSPNEA; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; STROKE VOLUME; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956062671     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.04.025     Document Type: Editorial

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