The role of imaging in the selection of patients for HFpEF therapy.
Tomasz BaronSpyridon GerovasileiouFrank A FlachskampfPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2023)
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) traditionally has been characterized as a form of heart failure without therapeutic options, in particular with a lack of response to the established therapies of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). However, this is no longer true. Besides physical exercise, risk factor modification, aldosterone blocking agents, and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors, specific therapies are emerging for specific HFpEF etiologies, such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or cardiac amyloidosis. This development justifies increased efforts to arrive at specific diagnoses within the umbrella of HFpEF. Cardiac imaging plays by far the largest role in this effort and is discussed in the following review.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- high resolution
- ejection fraction
- risk factors
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- prognostic factors
- atrial fibrillation
- stem cells
- mass spectrometry
- angiotensin ii
- patient reported outcomes
- randomized controlled trial
- photodynamic therapy
- bone marrow
- replacement therapy