Additive prognostic and diagnostic value of diastolic exercise parameters in patients referred for exercise echocardiography.
Jesus PeteiroAlberto Bouzas-MosqueraCayetana Barbeito-CaamañoEsteban Martin-AlvarezBorja Souto-CainzosJose M Vazquez-RodriguezPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2022)
The results of diastolic dysfunction at rest and at exercise were similar between patients with or without dyspnoea referred for ExE, but they were associated with abnormal ExE. Exercise E/e' reclassified 21% of patients with indeterminate DF and further predicted outcome on top of ExE results.