Review Article
TNM-Like Classification: A New Proposed Method for Heart Failure Staging
Table 1
(a) The parameters considered in the staging of the heart damage. (b) See text for the explanation (LV: left ventricle).
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| | Cardiac damages | |
| | Hypertrophy | | | Transmitral flow | | | Previous N-STEMI | | | Previous STEMI | | | Ventricular remodeling | | | Ejection fraction < 35% | |
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| (b) |
| | Staging | |
| | : impaired systolic or diastolic function of LV without structural damage | | | : LV with systolic or diastolic dysfunction and structural damage (hypertrophy previous myocardial infarction) | | | : systolic and diastolic dysfunction (and/or EF < 35%) with left ventricular remodeling | | | : biventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction | |
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