Is heart failure with midrange ejection fraction similar to preserved ejection fraction? In favor

Basing heart failure (HF) classification on the echocardiographic values of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) has been useful in defining two sub-types of HF:HF with reduced LVEF and HF with preserved LVEF. A new category has recently been defined: HF with midrange LVEF (40–49%). When curren...

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Published inRevista clínica espanõla (English edition) Vol. 217; no. 5; pp. 296 - 298
Main Author Camafort Babkowski, M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier España, S.L.U 01.06.2017
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Summary:Basing heart failure (HF) classification on the echocardiographic values of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) has been useful in defining two sub-types of HF:HF with reduced LVEF and HF with preserved LVEF. A new category has recently been defined: HF with midrange LVEF (40–49%). When current information is taken into account, this new category is more similar to HF with preserved LVEF than reduced LVEF. La clasificación de la insuficiencia cardiaca (IC) basada en los valores ecocardiográficos de la fracción de eyección del ventrículo izquierdo (FEVI) ha sido útil para definir 2 subtipos de IC: con FEVI reducida y con FEVI preservada. Recientemente se ha definido una nueva categoría, denominada IC con FEVI en rango medio (40-49%), que teniendo en cuenta la información disponible hasta el momento, posee más similitudes con la IC y FEVI preservada que reducida. No obstante, la evidencia aún es limitada para que la conclusión sea definitiva.
ISSN:2254-8874
2254-8874
DOI:10.1016/j.rceng.2017.01.003