It is a common perception that approximately 50% of heart failure (HF) patients present with a normal or near-normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction ("HF with preserved systolic function"), ...

Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2002;11(3) © 2002 Le Jacq Communications, Inc. Kanu Chatterjee, MB, FRCP, FRCP (Edin), FCCP, FACC, MACP, Chatterjee Center for Cardiac Research ...

Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of mortality in patients with DMD. Compared with their healthy counterparts, patients with DMD — including those with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction ...

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a type of heart failure that affects the left side of the heart. It occurs when the lower left chamber of the heart, called the left ventricle ...

Women with breast cancer who undergo contemporary radiation therapy see little change to left ventricular function in the first 5 years after treatment, according to observational data. At the same ...