Stress echocardiography combined with cardiopulmonary exercise testing: Opening a new window into diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Why the study?
Does stress echocardiography combined with cardiopulmonary exercise testing improve the diagnosis of early HFpEF in subjects with normal LV ejection fraction and exertional dyspnoea?
Population
86 subjects with normal LV ejection fraction and exertional dyspnoea (from the discussed study)
Design
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Discussion
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Implication
Combining stress echocardiography with cardiopulmonary exercise testing provides a comprehensive and feasible approach for the early diagnosis of HFpEF in patients with unexplained exertional dyspnoea.
Structured PICO
Does stress echocardiography combined with cardiopulmonary exercise testing improve the diagnosis of early HFpEF in subjects with normal LV ejection fraction and exertional dyspnoea?
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Population
86 subjects with normal LV ejection fraction and exertional dyspnoea (from the discussed study)
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Intervention
Stress echocardiography combined with cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET)
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Outcome
Diagnosis of early HFpEF clinical manifestationssurrogate
Combining stress echocardiography with cardiopulmonary exercise testing provides a comprehensive and feasible approach for the early diagnosis of HFpEF in patients with unexplained exertional dyspnoea.
Cite This Study
Marco Guazzi (2015) studied this question.