Introduction:

Bibliometric studies are defined as the quantitative and qualitative analysis of scientific production in each field. The scientific production in the area of cardiology has had a substantial growth during the last decades. Despite this, there is currently little information about heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

Objective:

To provide a detailed assessment of the current status and level of scientific production of HFpEF over the past 30 years.

Method:

Bibliometric study based in scientific literature concerning HFpEF for the period of 1988 – 2018 using the terms "heart failure" AND "preserved ejection fraction" in the databases of the Web of Science, Scopus and Medline using FABUMED and PubReMiner.

Results:

We found 2830, 4136 and 7943 publications in Medline, Scopus and Web of Science databases, respectively. The countries with higher scientific production in general were: United States, United Kingdom and Germany. In Latin America, the most productive countries were Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Colombia only had one publication.

Conclusions:

This is the first bibliometric analysis to highlight the production, evolution and current situation of scientific research about the HFpEF in the last 30 years, a call is made to the scientific community worldwide and especially in our country, Colombia, to focus in the scientific production on this subject. The above mentioned, in order to clarify the pathophysiology, reduce morbidity, mortality and improve the quality of life of patients suffering from HFpEF.

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