Comparison of clinical features and outcomes of patients hospitalized with heart failure and normal ejection fraction (> or =55%) versus those with mildly reduced (40% to 55%) and moderately to severely reduced (<40%) fractions.

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Published in Am J Cardiol on February 20, 2008

Authors

Nancy K Sweitzer1, Margarita Lopatin, Clyde W Yancy, Roger M Mills, Lynne W Stevenson

Author Affiliations

1: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. nks@medicine.wisc.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Safety and Efficacy of Bosentan in Patients With Diastolic Heart Failure and Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension (BADDHY) | NCT00820352

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