Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction failure to preserve, failure of reserve, and failure on the compliance curve

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Samer S Najjar. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009.

. 2009 Jul 28;54(5):419-21.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.05.011.

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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is characterized by dynamic impairment of active relaxation and contraction of the left ventricle on exercise and associated with myocardial energy deficiency.
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Contractility and ventricular systolic stiffening in hypertensive heart disease insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Borlaug BA, Lam CS, Roger VL, Rodeheffer RJ, Redfield MM. Borlaug BA, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Jul 28;54(5):410-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.05.013. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009. PMID: 19628115 Free PMC article.

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