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Hi, What is Heart Failure with Normal Ejection Fraction? How is it diagnosed? Is it different from Diastolic Heart Failure?
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Nearly half of patients with symptoms of heart failure are found to have a normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction. This has variously been labelled as diastolic heart failure, heart failure with preserved LV function or heart failure with a normal ejection fraction (HFNEF) . Preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) ? also referred to as diastolic heart failure. The heart muscle contracts normally but the ventricles do not relax as they should during ventricular filling (or when the ventricles relax). Reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) ? also referred to as systolic heart failure
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