Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in African Americans: The ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) study.

Abstract

In an entirely African-American cohort, we compared clinical characteristics, cardiac structure and function, and all-cause mortality in patients with heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in relation to patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and those without HF.