Emergency physician bedside echocardiographic identification of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction

There are 5.7 million adults with congestive heart failure (CHF) in the United States, with a total of 915,000 new cases diagnosed annually [1]. Of all patients with CHF, approximately 40 –50% have heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), which is characterized by heart failure with normal left ventricular systolic function [2]. In HFpEF, the presence of impaired relaxation and progression to non-compliance of the left ventricle leads to diastolic dysfunction (DD) [3 ]. HFpEF has a similar one year risk adjusted mortality rate as heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and has a higher all-cause readmission risk compared to HFrEF [3].

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - January 31, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Judy Lin, Jefferson Drapkin, Antonios Likourezos, Evangelos Giakoumatos, Mindy Schachter, Jean-Pierre Sarkis, Vijay Shetty, Manfred Moskovits, Lawrence Haines, Eitan Dickman Source Type: research