Evaluative framework for phase II studies in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction.

نویسندگان

  • Mihai Gheorghiade
  • Muthiah Vaduganathan
  • Sanjiv J Shah
چکیده

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is now recognized as a major public health problem, accounting for approximately 50% of all patients with HF (1), and morbidity and mortality rates in HFpEF approximate those of HF with reduced EF (HFrEF) (2). Aside from supervised exercise training programs (3), evidence-based treatments are unfortunately lacking in HFpEF. Challenges in the design and conduct of Phase II clinical trials may explain why

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • JACC. Heart failure

دوره 1 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013