Ask The Doctors: October 2019

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Heart failure (HF) can be caused by a heart attack or similar event that impairs the heart's pumping function and reduces the amount of blood ejected with each beat (heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, or HFrEF). There is also a second form called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). These patients typically suffer from heart failure symptoms, but their ejection fraction is normal. Morbidity and mortality are similar in both forms.
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