Management of pulmonary hypertension due to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Curr Hypertens Rep. 2014 Dec;16(12):501. doi: 10.1007/s11906-014-0501-5.

Abstract

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a major cause of HF-related morbidity and mortality, with no medical therapy proven to modify the underlying disease process and result in improvements in survival. With long-standing pulmonary venous congestion, a majority of HFpEF patients develop pulmonary hypertension (PH). Elevated pulmonary pressures have been shown to be a major determinant of mortality in this population. Given the paucity of available disease-modifying therapies for HFpEF, there has been a considerable interest in evaluating new therapeutic options specifically targeting PH in this patient population.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood Pressure / drug effects
  • Blood Pressure / physiology
  • Heart Failure / complications*
  • Hemodynamics / drug effects
  • Hemodynamics / physiology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology*
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / mortality
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / therapy*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Stroke Volume / drug effects
  • Stroke Volume / physiology*