Ultrasound and echocardiography lovers with doctor Anjila Hafizi Rauf

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04/09/2026

04/09/2026

Echocardiographic grading of left ventricular diastolic function is recommended to guide diagnostic evaluation of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). A new algorithm for diastolic function interpretation has been proposed, but it has not yet been systematically evaluated in HFpEF.
Objectives

The purpose of this study was to determine the false-negative rate of the 2025 American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) algorithm among invasively confirmed ambulatory HFpEF, assess temporal changes in diastolic grades between decompensated and recompensated hospitalized HFpEF, and, secondarily, to compare diagnostic discrimination with existing HFpEF algorithms and prognostic associations.
Methods

Echocardiography was performed in 2 HFpEF cohorts: 1) ambulatory, compensated patients undergoing invasive hemodynamic exercise testing as part of a prospective cohort study, with an external validation cohort; and 2) hospitalized/decompensated patients both acutely and following recompensation. For secondary analyses, we included noncardiac dyspnea controls and compared performance with existing algorithms. Essentially all HFpEF patients have diastolic dysfunction,7 specifically, reduced LV passive compliance and/or slowed or incomplete relaxation. Various other cardiovascular abnormalities are common,3–6 including subtle abnormalities of systolic function.

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