Heart Failure with Preserved and Reduced Ejection Fraction in Hemodialysis Patients: Prevalence, Disease Prediction and Prognosis

• Main Authors: Marlies Antlanger (Author), Stefan Aschauer (Author), Chantal Kopecky (Author), Manfred Hecking (Author), Johannes J. Kovarik (Author), Johannes Werzowa (Author), Julia Mascherbauer (Author), Bernd Genser (Author), Marcus D. Säemann (Author), Diana Bonderman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: Heart failure (HF) is a main cause of mortality of hemodialysis (HD) patients. While HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is known to only affect a minority of patients, little is known about the prevalence, associations with clinical characteristics and prognosis of HF with pr...