Redefining heart failure phenotypes based on ejection fraction
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Campbell, Ross T., Petrie, Mark C. and McMurray, John. (2018). Redefining heart failure phenotypes based on ejection fraction. European Journal of Heart Failure. 20(12), pp. 1634 - 1635. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1325
Authors | Campbell, Ross T., Petrie, Mark C. and McMurray, John |
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Abstract | The authors of the 2016 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure described a new term to categorise patients with a resting left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in the range of 40 − 49%, so‐called heart failure with mid‐range ejection fraction (HFmrEF), formerly referred to as ‘grey‐area’ ejection fraction in the previous iteration of the guidelines.1, 2 This designation overlapped with the previously described heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), which had included patients with a LVEF > 40% in one clinical trial but, more generally, patients with a LVEF > 45%.3-6 Puzzlingly, the 2016 guideline authors continued to use the description HFpEF for patients with a LVEF ≥ 50%. This change in terminology has caused understandable confusion and should be replaced. |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | European Journal of Heart Failure |
Journal citation | 20 (12), pp. 1634 - 1635 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
ISSN | 1388-9842 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1325 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85055149900 |
Page range | 1634 - 1635 |
Research Group | Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/853vq/redefining-heart-failure-phenotypes-based-on-ejection-fraction
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