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Aortic stiffening precedes onset of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in patients with asymptomatic diastolic dysfunction

BACKGROUND: Identifying which patients with diastolic dysfunction will progress to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) remains challenging. The goal of this study is to determine whether increased vascular stiffness as identified on 2D transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) serves a...

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Autores principales: Karagodin, Ilya, Aba-Omer, Omer, Sparapani, Rodney, Strande, Jennifer L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5310057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28196483
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0490-9