Variable Contribution of Heart Failure to Quality of Life in Ambulatory Heart Failure With Reduced, Better, or Preserved Ejection Fraction

Quality of life is impaired similarly in heart failure patients with preserved and reduced ejection fraction.

AIMS To compare quality of life (QoL) in heart failure (HF) patients with preserved ejection fraction (HF-PEF) and HF patients with reduced ejection fraction (HF-REF) in a well-defined HF population. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients with HF-PEF [left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥40%] were matched by age and gender to patients with HF-REF (LVEF <40%). In the current study, we only include...

Heart Failure With Preserved, Mid-Range, and Reduced Ejection Fraction

T he European Society of Cardiology (ESC) recently published new guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure (HF). 1 The new nomenclature includes separating patients with HF into 3 distinct groups depending on the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF): preserved LVEF (≥50%), mid-range LVEF (40–49%), and reduced LVEF (≤40%). Although there have been several...

Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association July 2015 | Vol 115 | No. 7 432 From Henry Ford Wyandotte Downriver Cardiology in Brownstown, Michigan (Dr Rogers); West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois (Dr Gundala); Oakwood Southshore Medical Center in Trenton, Michigan (Dr Ramos); and Elmhurst Memorial Hospital in Illinois (Dr Serajian). Drs Gundala and Ramos are in their thir...

Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Symptomatic heart failure, despite preserved left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction, is a well-recognized phenomenon. This manifestation of diastolic dysfunction is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and can be attributed to a variety of pathogeneses, including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, infiltrative processes, and obesity. Unlike in systolic heart failure, where LV ejecti...

[Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)].