Clinical Usefulness of Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.
Yixia LinYuman LiXiaoqing HuLang GaoMengmeng JiQing HeMing-Xing XieYuman LiPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is defined as HF with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) not less than 50%. HFpEF accounts for more than 50% of all HF patients, and its prevalence is increasing year to year with the aging population, with its prognosis worsening. The clinical assessment of cardiac function and prognosis in patients with HFpEF remains challenging due to the normal range of LVEF and the nonspecific symptoms and signs. In recent years, new echocardiographic techniques have been continuously developed, particularly speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE), which provides a sensitive and accurate method for the comprehensive assessment of cardiac function and prognosis in patients with HFpEF. Therefore, this article reviewed the clinical utility of STE in patients with HFpEF.
Keyphrases
- ejection fraction
- left ventricular
- aortic stenosis
- pulmonary hypertension
- computed tomography
- heart failure
- end stage renal disease
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- mitral valve
- risk factors
- chronic kidney disease
- left atrial
- prognostic factors
- atrial fibrillation
- depressive symptoms
- peritoneal dialysis
- sleep quality
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- acute coronary syndrome
- catheter ablation