Cardiovascular magnetic resonance phenotyping of heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction.
Louise Anne Elizabeth BrownAmrit ChowdharyEunice IkongoChirstopher E D SaundersonNicholas JexSharmaine ThirunavukarasuAmrit ChowdharyArka DasThomas P CravenEylem LeveltErica Dall'ArmellinaKristopher D KnottJohn P GreenwoodJames C MoonHui XuePeter KellmanSven PleinPeter P SwobodaPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2022)
Patients with HFmrEF share most phenotypic characteristics with HFpEF, including the degree of microvascular impairment and fibrosis, but have a high prevalence of occult ischaemic heart disease similar to HFrEF. Further work is needed to confirm how the phenotype of HFmrEF responds to medical therapy.