Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02445, USA.
Nat Rev Cardiol. 2012 Oct;9(10):555-6. doi: 10.1038/nrcardio.2012.123. Epub 2012 Sep 4.
By definition, patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction are characterized by a normal or near-normal left ventricular ejection fraction, but marked heterogeneity in the extent of other cardiac structural and functional abnormalities exists. Improved appreciation of this diversity might provide insights into prognosis and therapeutic interventions.
根据定义,射血分数保留的心力衰竭患者的左心室射血分数正常或接近正常,但其他心脏结构和功能异常的程度存在明显的异质性。对这种多样性的认识的提高可能有助于了解预后和治疗干预。