Letter by Dimopoulos and Nanas Regarding Article, "Challenging the Hemodynamic Hypothesis in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Is Exercise Capacity Limited by Elevated Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure?"

HomeCirculationVol. 148, No. 7Letter by Dimopoulos and Nanas Regarding Article, “Challenging the Hemodynamic Hypothesis in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Is Exercise Capacity Limited by Elevated Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure?” No AccessLetterRequest AccessFull TextAboutView Full TextView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toNo AccessLetterRequest AccessFull TextLetter by Dimopoulos and Nanas Regarding Article, “Challenging the Hemodynamic Hypothesis in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Is Exercise Capacity Limited by Elevated Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure?” Stavros Dimopoulos and Serafim Nanas Stavros DimopoulosStavros Dimopoulos https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-3788 Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, 1st Critical Care Medicine Department, Evaggelismos Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (S.D., S.N.). Department of Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece (S.D.). Search for more papers by this author and Serafim NanasSerafim Nanas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-4550 Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, 1st Critical Care Medicine Department, Evaggelismos Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (S.D., S.N.). Search for more papers by this author Originally published14 Aug 2023https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.063855Circulation. 2023;148:617–618"Letter by Dimopoulos and Nanas Regarding Article, “Challenging the Hemodynamic Hypothesis in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Is Exercise Capacity Limited by Elevated Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure?”." Circulation, 148(7), pp. 617–618FootnotesCirculation is available at www.ahajournals.org/journal/circREFERENCES1. Sarma S, MacNamara JP, Balmain BN, Hearo CM, Wakeham DJ, Tomlinson AR, Hynan LS, Babb TG, Levine BD. Challenging the hemodynamic hypothesis in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: is exercise capacity limited by elevated pulmonary capillary wedge pressure?Circulation. 2023; 147:378–387. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.061828LinkGoogle Scholar2. Frank RC, Min J, Abdelghany M, Paniagua S, Bhattacharya R, Bhambhani V, Pomerantsev E, Ho JE. Obesity is associated with pulmonary hypertension and modifies outcomes.J Am Heart Assoc. 2020; 9:e014195. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.014195LinkGoogle Scholar3. Masa JF, Pépin JL, Borel JC, Mokhlesi B, Murphy PB, Sánchez-Quiroga MA. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome.Eur Respir Rev. 2019; 28:180097. doi: 10.1183/16000617.0097-2018CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Naeije R, Vachiery JL, Yerly P, Vanderpool R. The transpulmonary pressure gradient for the diagnosis of pulmonary vascular disease.Eur Respir J. 2013; 41:217–223. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00074312CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Guazzi M, Wilhelm M, Halle M, Van Craenenbroeck E, Kemps H, de Boer RA, Coats AJS, Lund L, Mancini D, Borlaug B, et al. Exercise testing in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: an appraisal through diagnosis, pathophysiology and therapy: a clinical consensus statement of the Heart Failure Association and European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology.Eur J Heart Fail. 2022; 24:1327–1345. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2601CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar eLetters(0)eLetters should relate to an article recently published in the journal and are not a forum for providing unpublished data. Comments are reviewed for appropriate use of tone and language. Comments are not peer-reviewed. Acceptable comments are posted to the journal website only. Comments are not published in an issue and are not indexed in PubMed. Comments should be no longer than 500 words and will only be posted online. References are limited to 10. Authors of the article cited in the comment will be invited to reply, as appropriate.Comments and feedback on AHA/ASA Scientific Statements and Guidelines should be directed to the AHA/ASA Manuscript Oversight Committee via its Correspondence page.Sign In to Submit a Response to This Article Previous Back to top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails August 15, 2023Vol 148, Issue 7 Advertisement Article InformationMetrics © 2023 American Heart Association, Inc.https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.063855PMID: 37579007 Originally publishedAugust 14, 2023 PDF download Advertisement