Abstract:Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is frequently observed in
elderly physically deconditioned subjects, mainly women with hypertension,
obesity, glucose intolerance/diabetes, atrial fibrillation, anaemia, coronary
artery disease, chronic pulmonary disease, and chronic renal insufficiency. In
practice, these conditions represent the majority of cardiac diseases we deal
with in our daily clinical practice. For this reason, the HFpEF disease does not
exist as a single entity and, as such… Show more
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