Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics

Download or read book Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics written by Carolyn S.P. Lam and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Heart Failure Clinics examines Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFPEF). The followings aspects of HFPEF are addressed: epidemiology, etiologic factors and pathophysiology, diagnosis, clinical spectrum, imaging, invasive hemodynamic characterization, exercise physiology, natriuretic peptides, novel biomarkers, differential diagnoses and comorbidities, outcomes, clinical trials, current therapeutic approach, and novel therapeutic targets.