<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9 http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9/sitemap-news.xsd"><url><loc>https://www.medicaldesigndevelopment.com/topics/cardiovascular/news/22973054/doctors-scientists-race-to-understand-rising-form-of-heart-failure-with-preserved-ejection-fraction</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Medical Design & Development</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-25T19:50:56.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Doctors, Scientists Race to Understand Rising Form of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://img.medicaldesigndevelopment.com/mindful/im/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/08/low-res-hfpef-hero.O5AwkqzCml.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>4D flow cardiac MRI images of the pulmonary artery in patients with HFpEF. 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