TY - JOUR
T1 - New classification for heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction
T2 - Greater clarity or more confusion?
AU - Nadar, Sunil
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Sultan Qaboos University. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/2
Y1 - 2017/2
N2 - The 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.
AB - The 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.
KW - Guidelines as Topic
KW - Heart Failure
KW - Nomenclature
KW - Ventricular Ejection Fraction
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U2 - 10.18295/squmj.2016.17.01.005
DO - 10.18295/squmj.2016.17.01.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 28417024
AN - SCOPUS:85026452649
SN - 2075-051X
VL - 17
SP - e23-e26
JO - Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
JF - Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
IS - 1
ER -