Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: current management and future strategies: Expert opinion on the behalf of the Nucleus of the “Heart Failure Working Group” of the German Society of Cardiology (DKG)

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Tschöpe, Carsten ^a,b   Birner, Christoph ^c   Böhm, Michael ^d   Bruder, Oliver ^e   Frantz, Stefan ^f   Luchner, Andreas ^g   Maier, Lars ^c   Störk, Stefan ^h   Kherad, Behrouz ^a,i   Laufs, Ulrich ^j  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e ELISABETH KRANKENHAUS ESSEN   (Germany)

^f MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^g St Marien Amberg Clinic   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ Privatpraxis Dr Kherad   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Heart failure; HFpEF

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; ELAMIPRETIDE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENKEPHALINASE INHIBITOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATOR; INCRETIN; MICRORNA; PERINDOPRIL; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RANOLAZINE; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 2; SPIRONOLACTONE; STATIN (PROTEIN); THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDITIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DIET; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE; FLUID RETENTION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TACHYPHYLAXIS; CONVALESCENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTHY DIET; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HEALTHY DIET; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 85030847384     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-017-1170-6     Document Type: Review

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