Value of exercise echocardiography in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a substudy from the KaRen study

Conclusion
Exercise echocardiography may contribute to identify HFpEF patients and especially high-risk ones. Our study suggested a prognostic value of TR recorded during an exercise. That was demonstrated independently of the value of resting E/e'.

Source: European Journal of Echocardiography - December 18, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Donal, E., Lund, L. H., Oger, E., Reynaud, A., Schnell, F., Persson, H., Drouet, E., Linde, C., Daubert, C., on behalf of the KaRen investigators Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research