This protocol covers pulmonary hypertension secondary to left heart disease specifically in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF, LVEF ≤40%) or heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF, LVEF 41–49%).
The patient has pulmonary hypertension arising from left heart disease in the context of significantly impaired left ventricular function — either heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (LVEF ≤40%) or heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction (LVEF 41–49%). Management of the underlying left heart failure is central to this clinical picture.
Management in this population centres on guideline-directed treatment encompassing established medical and interventional therapies directed at the underlying heart failure. The specific therapies, sequencing, and decision points are defined in the full structured protocol.
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac237
Patients with HFrEF or HFmrEF require guideline-directed treat-ment including established medical and interventional therapies.
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