Endothelial dysfunction and the risk of heart failure in a community-based study: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
Johan ÄrnlövYingying SangShoshana H BallewDhananjay VaidyaErin D MichosDavid R JacobsJoao LimaMichael G ShlipakAlain G BertoniJosef CoreshMichael BlahaWendy S PostKunihiro MatsushitaPublished in: ESC heart failure (2020)
Endothelial dysfunction was independently associated with HF in this community cohort, suggesting a pathophysiological contribution of endothelial function to the development of HF, in particular HFrEF. However, the value of FMD measurements for HF risk prediction seems limited.