Ejection fraction in heart failure: just become Emperor's new clothes?

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¹ Institute of Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
² Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS, USA.

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Matteo Pagnesi et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2022 Feb.

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. 2022 Feb;24(2):351-352.

doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2399. Epub 2022 Jan 10.

¹ Institute of Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
² Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS, USA.

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A comprehensive characterization of acute heart failure with preserved versus mildly reduced versus reduced ejection fraction - insights from the ESC-HFA EORP Heart Failure Long-Term Registry.
Kapłon-Cieślicka A, Benson L, Chioncel O, Crespo-Leiro MG, Coats AJS, Anker SD, Filippatos G, Ruschitzka F, Hage C, Drożdż J, Seferovic P, Rosano GMC, Piepoli M, Mebazaa A, McDonagh T, Lainscak M, Savarese G, Ferrari R, Maggioni AP, Lund LH; on behalf of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the ESC Heart Failure Long-Term Registry Investigators. Kapłon-Cieślicka A, et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2022 Feb;24(2):335-350. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2408. Epub 2022 Jan 10. Eur J Heart Fail. 2022. PMID: 34962044

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