How to diagnose diastolic heart failure: a consensus statement on the diagnosis of heart failure with normal left ventricular ejection fraction by the Heart Failure and Echocardiography Associations of the European Society of Cardiology.

摘要

I read with great interest the updated European Society of Cardiology guidelines on the diagnosis of heart failure with normal LV ejection fraction (HFNEF), which represent a big step forward relative to the former guidelines. I am convinced that these concise and practical recommendations will set the standard of how to diagnose diastolic heart failure for both routine clinical praxis and future studies on HFNEF.