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The current classification of heart failure no longer favors “systolic dysfunction” versus “diastolic dysfunction,” however, this conception is still valid and useful; what was called diastolic dysfunction is now called “heart failure with preserved ejection fraction” (HFpEF), where EF is > 0.4 (but in some studies it is defined as being > 0.5); the important point is that if the ... ................
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