Heart failure with preserved ejection fractionNatriuretic peptideAimsThere are no unified criteria for diagnosing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The aim of this study was to evaluate the present main diagnostic criteria and to discover which parameters and strategies are more ...
While increased abdominal girth in obesity is caused by visceral fat, in HFpEF patients it may also be attributable to ascites as an expression of decompensated heart failure. Obviously, obesity tends to develop more gradually, with a consistent increase in weight over time. In the case of rapid...
HF diagnosis was confirmed by the Framingham criteria. Results HF was present in 39% of cases referred (mean age 75±10years, 49% male). The inclusion of BNP as a "rule-out" test with a cut-off value of 100pg/mL would have reduced the number of patients originally referred to the ...
The incidence of heart failure for persons after the age of 65 years approaches 10 per 1,000 population. Although the prevalence of heart failure for persons >20 years of age is greater for males (2.5 %) than females (1.8 %), all age mortality for women (58.2 %) exceeds that of men ...
Maximal workload (46±18 versus 49±24 W;P=0.59) or peak oxygen consumption (11.4±2.8 versus 12.9±3.4 mL/[kg·min];P=0.15) was similar between groups.#Half of patients who met HFpEF criteria in the supine position did not meet the criteria in the upright position. Patients with a ...
In the work-up of patients with suspected acute HF, the same cut-off levels as shown in Table 2 should be used [22]. Elevated BNP and NT-proBNP concentrations are integrated as major or minor criteria in the HFA-PEFF score (Fig. 2) using different cut-off levels for patients in ...
BACKGROUND: Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction can be diagnosed if clinical signs of heart failure and normal ejection fraction are found. Beside clinical signs of heart failure and criteria from catheterization studies like abnormal left ventricular relaxation, filling and/or compliance echocardiography...
Fig. 1. The definitions and criteria of the four stages of heart failure per the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure. [1] Source: American Heart Association, Inc. Abbreviations: ACC = American College of Cardiology, AHA = American Heart Association, BNP = B-typ...
Second, we discuss about what Heart failure in children is and which the criteria of this sickness will be recognized. Furthermore, various tools or instruments to aid the diagnosis of this health disorder are mentioned. Finally, we show how CBR can be applied to detect this sickness, so we...
2 In prospective and randomized studies in which the diagnosis of HFpEF was made using stricter criteria and other causes of HF (eg, valvular heart diseases, restrictive/infiltrative cardiomyopathies, pericardial diseases) were excluded, however, the cardiovascular (CV) mortality observed was lower ...