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Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J · Feb 2017
New Classification for Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced Ejection Fraction: Greater clarity or more confusion?
- Sunil Nadar.
- Department of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
- Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2017 Feb 1; 17 (1): e23-e26.
AbstractThe latest European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for the diagnosis and management of heart failure include a new patient group for those with heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF). By defining this group of patients as a separate entity, the ESC hope to encourage more research focusing on patients with HFmrEF. Previously, patients with this condition were caught between two classifications-heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Hopefully, the inclusion of new terminology will not increase confusion, but rather aid our understanding of heart failure, a complex clinical syndrome.
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