About this trial
Patients with HFpEF who have undergone meticulous clinical and instrumental evaluation (including diastolic exercise testing) between 2013 and 2020, will be followed up for at least 3 years.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Signed and data informed consent;
New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-III heart failure;
Left ventricular ejection fraction > 50%;
Elevated LV filling pressures assessed by echocardiography at rest or at peak exercise.
Disqualifiers
Evidence of myocardial ischemia during stress echocardiography;
Significant lesions of the main coronary arteries;
Genetic forms of HFpEF (HCM, amyloidosis, Fabry disease, glycogen storage diseases etc.);
Peripartum cardiomyopathy, chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy, viral myocarditis, isolated right-sided HF without left-sided structural disease, constrictive pericarditis, significant pericardial effusion;
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Not listed