Key result
Universal Definition of Heart Failure review emphasizes detailed phenotyping and the new HFmrEF category.
Provides a contemporary overview of the universal definition and classification of heart failure, highlighting the updated terminology for mildly reduced and improved ejection fraction.
May inform HF phenotyping in practice; leaves open prospective validation of HFmrEF classification.
The article describes the modern data from the report on the Universal Definition of Heart Failure (HF) prepared by the HF Society of America, HF Association of the European Society of Cardiology and Japanese HF Society. The article presents the definition of HF, the diagnostic criteria, the approaches to the classification of HF and their validity based on the results of clinical and fundamental research.
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Bubeshka et al. (2021) conducted a review in Chronic Heart Failure. The article reviews the Universal Definition of Heart Failure and its classification, emphasizing the importance of detailed phenotyping and the new category of heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction.
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