The heart and blood vessels are constantly interfering with each other in a closed system. For a few decades, the concept of ventricular-arterial coupling has been considered as a key pathogenesis of heart failure especially in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Keywords: Arterial stiffness; Heart failure; Uncoupling; Ventricular stiffness; Ventricular-arterial coupling.
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