Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Where Do We Stand?

Dyspnea is one of the commonest complaints encountered in practice. Etiologies span the gamut of internal medicine and range from anemia to deconditioning to pulmonary and cardiac disorders. In the latter category, heart failure (HF) is one of the more common and serious causes of dyspnea and also one of the most challenging to diagnose.1 In patients with classical symptoms (orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea) and unequivocal congestion on physical examination (jugular distention, edema, rales, gallop sounds), the diagnosis is straightforward.
Source: Mayo Clinic Proceedings - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research