August 22, 2007New England Journal of Medicine
Prognosis in Heart Failure with a Normal Ejection Fraction
Key result
The letter discusses the discrepancy in prognosis for patients with heart failure with a normal ejection fraction between recent studies and randomized controlled trials due to exclusion criteria.
Population
Patients with heart failure who have a normal ejection fraction
Design
Editorial
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Implication
Highlights that the exclusion of patients with common coexisting illnesses from randomized trials may explain the discrepancy in HFpEF prognosis between trials and real-world studies.
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Population
Patients with heart failure who have a normal ejection fraction
Highlights that the exclusion of patients with common coexisting illnesses from randomized trials may explain the discrepancy in HFpEF prognosis between trials and real-world studies.
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Cleland et al. (2007) conducted a letter in Heart failure with a normal ejection fraction. The letter discusses the discrepancy in prognosis for patients with heart failure with a normal ejection fraction between recent studies and randomized controlled trials due to exclusion criteria.