Microvascular dysfunction: a common cause of heart failure with preserved pumping capacity
[PRESS RELEASE 2018-08-27] Microvascular dysfunction, or small vessel disease, can be an important cause of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (preserved pumping capacity), an international team including researchers from Karolinska Institutet and AstraZeneca report in a study published in The European Heart Journal. The results can play a crucial part in identifying people in the risk zone for this type of heart failure and in the development of effective drugs.Heart failure is the most common reason for hospitalisation and causes much suffering. Heart failure with preserved