Yueh-Hung Lin, Kuo-Tzu Sung, Cheng-Ting Tsai, Yau-Huei Lai, Chi-In Lo, Fa-Chang Yu, Wei-Ran Lan, Ta-Chuan Hung, Jen-Yuan Kuo, Charles Jia-Yin Hou, Chih-Hsuan Yen, Ming-Cheng Peng, Hung-I Yeh, Ming-Ting Wu, Chung-Lieh Hung
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) shares common clinical risk factors, for example, endothelial dysfunction, with preserved ejection fraction (LVEF) heart failure (HFpEF). Whether PAD is associated with preclinical systolic dysfunction and higher HF risk among individuals presenting preserved LVEF remains uncertain. We retrospectively included outpatients with at least one known or established cardiovascular (CV) risk factor with LVEF ≥ 50%. Patients were categorized into high risk and low risk of developing PAD (PAD vs Non-PAD) by ankle-brachial index (ABI) (≤ 0...
March 14, 2024: Scientific Reports