Heart failure (HF), currently at a pandemic level with high morbidity and mortality rates, is becoming a worldwide economic burden. Although previous studies have been conducted to identify characteristics of patients with HF and a reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) versus those with the characteristics and pathophysiologic
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