Contents
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Foreword
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Andrew JS Coats and Giuseppe Rosano
Clinical Syndromes
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What is Heart Failure with Mid-range Ejection Fraction? A New Subgroup of Patients with Heart Failure Sunil K Nadar and Osama Tariq
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Heart Failure with Mid-Range Ejection Fraction and How to Treat It Yuri Lopatin
Left Ventricular Dysfunction in the Setting of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Review of Clinical Patterns and Practical Implications Kenan Yalta, Mustafa Yılmaztepe and Cafer Zorkun
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Heart Failure in Sub-Saharan Africa Joseph Gallagher, Kenneth McDonald, Mark Ledwidge and Chris J Watson
Treatment
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Pharmacological Interventions Effective in Improving Exercise Capacity in Heart Failure Cristiana Vitale, Ilaria Spoletini and Giuseppe MC Rosano
Iron Therapy in Heart Failure: Ready for Primetime? Ify R Mordi, Aaron Tee and Chim C Lang
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Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
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Optimising Heart Failure Therapies in the Acute Setting
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Ambulatory Intra Aortic Balloon Pump in Advanced Heart Failure
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Bromocriptine for the Treatment of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
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Identification and Treatment of Central Sleep Apnoea: Beyond SERVE-HF
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A Review of Plant-based Diets to Prevent and Treat Heart Failure
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Erratum
Jackson J Liang and David J Callans
Mattia Arrigo, Petra Nijst and Alain Rudiger
Syed Yaseen Naqvi, Ibrahim G Salama, Ayhan Yoruk and Leway Chen
Tobias Koenig, Johann Bauersachs and Denise Hilfiker-Kleine
William T Abraham, Adam Pleister and Robin Germany
Conor P Kerley
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