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Editorial
. 2015 Feb 10;131(6):522-4.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.014420. Epub 2014 Dec 31.

What the dead can teach the living: systemic nature of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Dalane W Kitzman  1 , Bharathi Upadhya  2 , Sujethra Vasu  2
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Editorial

What the dead can teach the living: systemic nature of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Dalane W Kitzman et al. Circulation. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; aging; autopsy; comorbidity; coronary artery disease; fibrosis; heart failure; hypertrophy; inflammation; left ventricular.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures: Dr. Kitzman declares the following relationships: Consultant for Abbvie, Relypsa, Regeneron, DC Devices, and Actavis, grant funding from Novartis, and stock ownership in Gilead Sciences and Relypsa. No other members of the writing group have conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Capillary density (capillary-to-fiber ratio) from thigh muscle biopsy in elderly patients with HFPEF and age-matched control subjects. Adapted from Kitzman et al; Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2014;306:H1364–1370.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Relationship of capillary density (capillary-to-fiber ratio) with peak exercise O2 uptake (V˙o2), an objective measure of exercise capacity, in older patients with HFPEF (■) and age-matched control subjects (▲). From Kitzman et al with permission.
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