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Perturbations of pulsatile hemodynamics and clinical outcomes in patients with acute heart failure and reduced, mid-range or preserved ejection fraction.

Wei-Ming HuangShih Hsien SungWen-Chung YuHao-Min ChengChi-Jung HuangChao-Yu GuoDai-Yin LuChing-Wei LeeChen-Huan Chen
Published in: PloS one (2019)
Patients with HFmrEF were characterized by a worse left ventricular systolic function than patients with HFpEF and excessive wave reflections than patients with HFrEF. Future studies are required to confirm that the unfavorable ventriculo-arterial coupling in HFmrEF might play a role in the pathogenesis of high long-term mortality in these patients.
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