Understanding results of trials in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Remembering forgotten lessons and enduring principles

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1687-1689

  Kitzman, Dalane W ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diastolic; heart failure; preserved; therapy; treatment

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; IRBESARTAN; RENIN INHIBITOR;

AGING; COMORBIDITY; DIASTOLE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79953878937     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.01.013     Document Type: Editorial

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