Abstract Objective : Micro- and macrovascular changes can occur in heart failure, could influence its prognosis management. In a prospective study, we proposed the evaluation of arterial stiffness (macrovascular function) correlations patients with systolic failure. Methods 40 (32 men, 8 women, mean age 63±2.9 years), hemodynamically stable failure (left ventricular ejection fraction, EF<40%...

Increased intracardiac filling pressure or congestion causes symptoms and leads to hospital admissions in patients with heart failure, regardless of their systolic function. A history of hospital admission, in turn, predicts further hospitalizations and morbidity, and a higher number of hospitalizations determine higher mortality. Congestion is therefore the driving force of the natural history...