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. 2026 Jan 4;15(1):378. doi: 10.3390/jcm15010378
6MWD Six-minute walk distance
ACEi Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor
ARB Angiotensin receptor blocker
ARNI Angiotensin receptor–neprilysin inhibitor
CI Confidence interval
CMR Cardiac magnetic resonance
CV Cardiovascular
eGFR Estimated glomerular filtration rate
GRADE Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation
HF Heart failure
HFmrEF Heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction
HFpEF Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
HFrEF Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
HR Hazard ratio
I2 Inconsistency index
KCCQ Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire
KCCQ-CSS Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire—Clinical Summary Score
KCCQ-TSS Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire—Total Symptom Score
LV Left ventricle/left ventricular
LVEDV Left ventricular end-diastolic volume
LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction
LVESV Left ventricular end-systolic volume
MD Mean difference
NNT Number needed to treat
NT-proBNP N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide
NYHA New York Heart Association
OR Odds ratio
PCr/ATP Phosphocreatine-to-adenosine triphosphate ratio
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews
RCT Randomized controlled trial
RoB 2 Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 tool
RR Risk ratio
SD Standard deviation
SE Standard error
SGLT2i Sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor
SMD Standardized mean difference
T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus
VE/VCO2 Ventilatory equivalent for carbon dioxide
VO2 Oxygen consumption
31P-MRS Phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy