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SUBMITTER: Upadhya B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5726417 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Upadhya Bharathi B Pisani Barbara B Kitzman Dalane W DW
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 20171101 11
The majority of older adults who develop heart failure (HF), particularly older women, have a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HFpEF). The prevalence of this syndrome is increasing, and the prognosis is not improving, unlike that of HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Individuals with HFpEF have severe symptoms of effort intolerance, poor quality of life, frequent hospitalizations, and greater likelihood of death. Despite the importance of HFpEF, there are numerous major gaps ...[more]