Prevalence of heart failure in Asturias (A region in the North of Spain)

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Cortina, A [1 ]
Reguero, J [1 ]
Segovia, E [1 ]
Lambert, JLR [1 ]
Cortina, R [1 ]
Arias, JC [1 ]
Vara, J [1 ]
Torre, F [1 ]
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[1] Hosp Cent Asturias, Div Cardiol, Oviedo 33006, Asturias, Spain
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10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01568-5
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Patients with heart failure in our community are diffent from cohorts studied in large-scale, multicenter, randomized trials (i.e., patients with heart failure referred to specialized centers). Clinical heart failure with an ejection fraction >50% plus abnormal diastolic function, which in most cases is difficult to establish, implies diastolic heart failure.
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