Impact of coronary microvascular dysfunction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a meta-analysis.
Domenico D'AmarioRenzo LaboranteEmiliano BianchiniGiuseppe CilibertiDonato Antonio PaglianitiMattia GalliAttilio RestivoDavide StolfoRocco VergalloGiuseppe M C RosanoFilippo CreaCarolyn S P LamLars H LundMarco MetraGiuseppe PattiGianluigi SavaresePublished in: ESC heart failure (2024)
CMD is present in little more than half of the patients with HFpEF and is associated with echocardiographic evidence of more severe diastolic dysfunction and a higher prevalence of AF, doubling the risk of death or HF hospitalization.