Diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a systematic narrative review of the evidence.

Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a common condition in clinical practice, affecting more than half of patients with HF. HFpEF is associated with morbidity and mortality and with considerable healthcare resource utilization and costs. Therefore, early diagnosis is crucial to facilitate prompt management, particularly initiation of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors.

Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in patients with or at a high risk of cardiovascular disease.

This secondary analysis of data from the MULTIRISC study investigated the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients who either had or were at a high risk of cardiovascular disease. The original, epidemiological, cross-sectional, multicenter study was carried out in outpatient clinics belonging to cardiology, internal medicine and endocrinology departments. It included patients aged > or = 18 years with a high cardiovascular risk (i.

[Erectile dysfunction as a marker of silent cardiovascular disease in type-2 diabetic patients in Spain. The DIVA (DIabetes and VAscular disease) study].

Background And Objectives: Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a sign of vascular disease in type 2 diabetic patients. The present subanalysis of the DIVA Registry, whose main objective was to estimate the prevalence of clinical vascular disorder and silent vascular disorder, as well as risk factors in type 2 diabetic patients treated in Spain, aims to analyze the relationship between those data and the prevalence of ED in these patients.

Patients And Methods: A total of 2444 type 2 diabetic patients (56% male; mean age 65.

[Prevalence of undetected chronic kidney disease in dyslipidemic population treated in primary care. LIPICAP study].

Background And Objective: Information about the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in population treated in primary care (PC) is scarce. The aim of this study was to determine undetected CKD prevalence in dyslipidemic population measuring creatinine clearance according to the Cockcroft-Gault equation corrected for surface area.

Patients And Method: Cross-sectional study including patients with diagnosis of dyslipidemia selected by consecutive sampling in PC.