Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Persistent Diagnosis, Therapeutic Enigma

Taslima Bhuiyan1, Mathew S. Maurer2,3
1Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
2Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA
3Clinical Cardiovascular Research Laboratory for the Elderly, Allen Hospital of New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA

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