Current treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: should we add life to the remaining years or add years to the remaining life?

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Published in Cardiol Res Pract on October 24, 2013

Authors

Jia Li1, Peter Moritz Becher, Stefan Blankenberg, Dirk Westermann

Author Affiliations

1: Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.

Associated clinical trials:

Vasodilator Therapy for Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction | NCT01516346

If Channel Blockade With Ivabradine in Patients With Diastolic Heart Failure | NCT00757055

Study to Investigate the Effects of Vitamin D Administration on Plasma Renin Activity in Patients With Stable Chronic Heart Failure (VitD-CHF) | NCT01092130

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