Key result
Graphical analysis of ventricular volumes suggests HF classification should primarily rely on ESV.
Population
Patients with heart failure
Design
Review
Authors
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Should not yet shift heart failure classification from ejection fraction; leaves open prospective validation of end-systolic volume phenotyping.
Proposes a novel conceptual framework for classifying heart failure phenotypes based on left ventricular end-systolic volume rather than ejection fraction.
Peter L. M. Kerkhof (2015) conducted a review in Heart failure. Classification based on end-systolic volume (ESV) vs. Classification based on ejection fraction (EF) and end-diastolic volume (EDV) was evaluated. Analyzing heart failure subtypes using a graphical representation relating end-systolic to end-diastolic volume suggests that classification should primarily be founded on end-systolic volume.