EFFECT OF BASELINE LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION ON FUTURE CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN A REAL-WORLD POPULATION OF PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE: HOW EXACTLY DOES HFREF COMPARE WITH HFPEF?

Heart failure (HF), which is often subdivided according to baseline left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Although HF with reduced LVEF (HFrEF), when compared with preserved LVEF (HFpEF), is often considered to be more fatal