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March 28, 2019European Journal of Heart Failure308 citationsOpen Access

Left Atrial Strain and Compliance in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

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YRYogesh N.V. ReddyMOMasaru ObokataAEAlexander C. Egbe

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Does left atrial reservoir strain improve diagnostic accuracy beyond conventional echocardiographic measures in discriminating HFpEF from non-cardiac dyspnea?

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Population
Patients being evaluated for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) versus non-cardiac dyspnea (NCD)
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Intervention
Left atrial reservoir strain measurement
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Comparator
Conventional echocardiographic measures
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Outcome
Diagnostic accuracy to discriminate HFpEF from NCDsurrogate

Left atrial reservoir strain is a promising echocardiographic marker for differentiating HFpEF from non-cardiac dyspnea, though further validation is needed.

Abstract

Left atrial reservoir strain may provide enhanced diagnostic accuracy beyond conventional echocardiographic measures to discriminate HFpEF from NCD. Further study is required to verify the diagnostic utility of LA strain.

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Reddy et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d81530db62f082c2ae2970https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1464
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