Doctors are misdiagnosing some cases of heart failure that disproportionately attack women, especially elderly women, and those with high blood pressure and diabetes risk factors, say Toronto researchers reporting in the New England Journal of Medicine. This form of heart failure is called "preserved" ejection fraction heart failure.
Congestive Heart Failure
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Some cases of Heart Failure are being misdiagnosed
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