Echocardiography in the diagnosis of heart failure

█ Review

DOI: 10.26430/CHUNGARICA.2022.52.5.417

Authors:
Forster Tamás
Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Szent-Györgyi Albert Orvostudományi Kar, Belgyógyászati Klinika, Kardiológiai Központ, Szeged

Summary

With special interest to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Echocardiographic work up of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is demonstrated on the basis of three different reports. The diagnosis based on the verification of diastolic dysfunction. In routine clinical practice left atrial dilation (left atrial volume >34 ml/m2), E/e’ >15 and tricuspid regurgitation velocity >2.8 m/s prove functional deterioration. If strain imaging accessible, GLS and left atrial strain further refine the diagnosis.

ISSUE: CARDIOLOGIA HUNGARICA | 2022 | VOLUME 52, ISSUE 5