The latest guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology have proposed a classification of heart failure based on left ventricular ejection fraction. Three distinct groups have been identified: heart failure with ejection fraction ≥50%, between 40 and 49%, and <40%. This classification has the advantage to be simple but it has been criticized because it is not clear whether the mid-range ejection fraction group is an independent category or just a transition phase between the other two groups. The purpose of this article is to discuss the characteristics and prognosis of mid-range ejection fraction heart failure on the basis of current evidence.

Scompenso cardiaco con frazione di eiezione intermedia. Alla ricerca della Terra di Mezzo?

Mele, Donato
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Luisi, Giovanni Andrea;Nardozza, Marianna;Ferrari, Roberto
2018

Abstract

The latest guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology have proposed a classification of heart failure based on left ventricular ejection fraction. Three distinct groups have been identified: heart failure with ejection fraction ≥50%, between 40 and 49%, and <40%. This classification has the advantage to be simple but it has been criticized because it is not clear whether the mid-range ejection fraction group is an independent category or just a transition phase between the other two groups. The purpose of this article is to discuss the characteristics and prognosis of mid-range ejection fraction heart failure on the basis of current evidence.
2018
Mele, Donato; Luisi, Giovanni Andrea; Nardozza, Marianna; Ferrari, Roberto
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