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Role of Diastolic Stress Testing in the Evaluation for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Simultaneous Invasive-Echocardiographic Study

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Obokata, Masaru, Kane, Garvan C., Reddy, Yogesh N. V., Olson, Thomas P., Melenovsky, Vojtech, Borlaug, Barry A.·2017·Circulation
DOI 10.1161/circulationaha.116.024822PMC PMC5330848
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Background: Diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is challenging and relies largely on demonstration of elevated cardiac filling pressures (pulmonary capillary wedge pressure). Current guidelines recommend use of natriuretic peptides (N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide) and rest/exercise echocardiography (E/e′ ratio) to make this determination. Data to support this practice are conflicting. Methods: Simultaneous echocardiographic-catheterization studies were prospectively conducted at rest and during exercise in subjects with invasively proven HFpEF (n=50) and participants with dyspnea but no identifiable cardiac pathology (n=24). Results: N-Terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide levels were below the level considered to exclude disease (≤125 pg/mL) in 18% of subjects with HFpEF. E/e′ ratio was correlated with directly measured pulmonary capillary wedge pressure at rest ( r =0.63, P <0.0001) and during exercise ( r =0.57, P <0.0001). Although specific, current guidelines were poorly sensitive, identifying only 34% to 60% of subjects with invasively proven HFpEF on the basis of resting echocardiographic data alone. Addition of exercise echocardiographic data (E/e′ ratio>14) improved sensitivity (to 90%) and thus negative predictive value, but decreased specificity (71%). Conclusions: Currently proposed HFpEF diagnostic guidelines on the basis of resting data are poorly sensitive. Adding exercise E/e′ data improves sensitivity and negative predictive value but compromises specificity, suggesting that exercise echocardiography may help rule out HFpEF. These results question the accuracy of current approaches to exclude HFpEF on the basis of resting data alone and reinforce the value of exercise testing using invasive and noninvasive hemodynamic assessments to definitively confirm or refute the diagnosis of HFpEF. Clinical Trial Registration: URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov . Unique Identifier: NCT01418248.

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  • Among patients with established heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, those with the obesity phenotype have distinct clinical and hemodynamic features, including expanded plasma and stressed blood volume, reduced venous capacitance, elevations in exercise pulmonary wedge pressures, adverse hemodynamic response to diuresis, higher inflammatory markers, more pronounced hypertension, and m

    “Among patients with established heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, those with the obesity phenotype have distinct clinical and hemodynamic features, including expanded plasma and stressed blood volume, reduced venous capacitance, elevations in exercise pulmonary wedge pressures, adverse hemodynamic response to diuresis, higher inflammatory markers, and more pronounced”

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    The Results (Subject Characteristics and Exercise Echo-Catheterization Correlation; pages unavailable) report that patients with HFpEF were more obese and hypertensive and had higher exercise filling pressures than patients with non-cardiac dyspnea. They do not compare obesity phenotypes within established HFpEF or establish the claimed blood-volume, venous-capacitance, inflammatory-marker, or adverse-diuresis features. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Obokata, M., Kane, G. C., Reddy, Y. N. V., Olson, T. P., Melenovsky, V., & Borlaug, B. A.
Affiliations
  • Mayo Clinic (US)
  • From Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN (M.O., G.C.K., Y.N.V.R., T.P.O., B.A.B.); and IKEM - Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Prague, Czech Republic (V.M.).
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Venue
Circulation
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
2017-02-28
Volume
135
Issue
9
Pages
825-838
ISSN
  • 0009-7322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4539
DOI
10.1161/circulationaha.116.024822
PMC
PMC5330848
OpenAlex
W2602132542
Cited by
559
References
35
Citations by year
2026: 32 · 2025: 58 · 2024: 64 · 2023: 79 · 2022: 62 · 2021: 70 · 2020: 75 · 2019: 42 · 2018: 40 · 2017: 36
FWCI
32.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Circulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL128526, U10HL110262)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Keywords
heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, exercise echocardiography, E/e' ratio, natriuretic peptides, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, cardiac filling pressure, sensitivity and specificity, dyspnea
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Echocardiography, Exercise Test, Female, Heart Failure, Hemodynamics, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Peptide Fragments, Prospective Studies, Stroke Volume, Ventricular Function, Left, Natriuretic Peptide, Brain

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