Left ventricular ejection fraction and endothelial function are strongly correlated in patients with nonischemic systolic heart failure, suggesting a mutual interaction between central cardiac and peripheral vascular function.
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LVEF-FMD correlation in nonischemic HF is hypothesis-generating; leaves open causality and clinical relevance pending prospective data.
Vittorio et al. (2009) studied this question.
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