The combined exercise stress echocardiography and cardiopulmonary exercise test for identification of masked heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in patients with hypertension

Conclusion
The combined ESE-CPX test is feasible and reliable test that can unmask HFpEF and may become an important aid in the early diagnosis of HFpEF, excluding the other causes of exertional dyspnoea.

Source: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - December 11, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nedeljkovic, I., Banovic, M., Stepanovic, J., Giga, V., Djordjevic-Dikic, A., Trifunovic, D., Nedeljkovic, M., Petrovic, M., Dobric, M., Dikic, N., Zlatar, M., Beleslin, B. Tags: Original scientific paper Source Type: research