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ReviewHeart failure clinics2014

Epidemiology of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Charlotte Andersson, Ramachandran S Vasan

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In one paragraph

Review in Heart failure clinics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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60citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Confirm Rx insertable cardiac monitor for primary atrial fibrillation detection in high-risk heart failure patients (Confirm-AF trial).Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2023
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  12. The Role of Renal Denervation in HFpEF.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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  17. Cardiac diastolic dysfunction by cigarette smoking is associated with mitochondrial integrity in the heart.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Charlotte AnderssonFramingham Heart Study, Mt Wayte Avenue 73, Suite 2, Framingham, MA 01702-5827, USA; Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 470, Boston, MA 02118, USA; Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, Niels Andersens vej 65, Hellerup 2900, Denmark. Electronic address: ca@heart.dk.
Ramachandran S VasanFramingham Heart Study, Mt Wayte Avenue 73, Suite 2, Framingham, MA 01702-5827, USA; Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 470, Boston, MA 02118, USA; Section of Cardiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 801 Massachussetts Avenue, Suite 470, Boston, MA 02118, USA.

Funding

THE FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY-N01HC25195-268025195-268025195N01HC025195 · HC · TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY · PI WOLF, PHILIP A · 2002 to 2006
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NHLBI NIH HHS N01 HC025195NHLBI NIH HHS N01-HC-25195
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) is a common condition, and the prevalence is projected to increase further. Studies differ in the reported incidence and mortality associated with this condition, although there is agreement that between a third and one-half of all patients with heart failure have HFPEF. Although several consensus statements and guidelines have been published, some recent randomized clinical trials have reported low mortality, raising doubts about whether all patients diagnosed with HFPEF have HFPEF or whether the condition is heterogeneous in its cause and prognosis. The overall reported prognosis of patients with HFPEF remains poor.

Indexed as

Cause of DeathAgedFemaleHeart FailureHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrevalencePrognosisReference ValuesRisk AssessmentStroke VolumeSurvival AnalysisSyndromeEpidemiologyHeart failureMortalityPreserved ejection fractionPrognosis

Identifiers

PMID24975902
PMCPMC4084609

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