Heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction: Concepts, misconceptions and future directions

Blood Pressure

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 129-133

  Soma, Johannes ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age; diastolic dysfunction; ejection fraction; female gender; heart failure; HFNEF; HFPEF; hypertension; left ventricular volume; prognosis

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IRBESARTAN;

AGE; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 79957505248     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08037051.2010.542642     Document Type: Review

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