Clinical Phenotypes in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.
Clinical Phenotypes in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.
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DOI:
10.1161/jaha.115.002477
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发表时间:
2016-01-25
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
Le Jemtel TH
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作者:
Samson R;Jaiswal A;Ennezat PV;Cassidy M;Le Jemtel TH
Over the past 2 decades, the syndrome of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) received a lot of attention. 1–19 However, little therapeutic progress was made. 20–27 Among the issues that may account for the modest therapeutic progress, one appears to be overwhelming: HFpEF is not a well-defined clinical entity: It is an amalgam of cardiovascular, metabolic, renal, and geriatric conditions. 28, 29 Patients diagnosed with HFpEF currently, were until few years ago managed for systemic hypertension, coronary artery disease (CAD), obesity, renal impairment, pulmonary hypertension (PH), or age-related deconditioning. A rational approach for improving the outcome of patients with HFpEF may be to treat patients according to the conditions that led them to seek medical attention. As noted by others, a phenotype-oriented approach to heart failure (HF) and, in particular, to HFpEF is needed. 29–31 The diagnosis of HFpEF rests on the presence of signs and symptoms of HF and a normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction. Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) does not establish the presence of HF and may bias toward an exclusive role for the heart in the pathogenesis of HFpEF. 32, 33 As a whole, HFpEF has been extensively reviewed. 1–19 The present review focuses on 4 commonly encountered clinical phenotypes of HFpEF and their comorbid conditions (Figure). Therapeutic implications are discussed.