Normal Heart
Strong muscular walls squeeze and relax to pump blood out to all the organs and other parts of the body.
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Both types of Heart Failure share the same symptoms. Learn the differences.
See how Cynthia discovered her HFpEF and what she does to stay on top of it.
Diagnosing HFpEF
Diagnosing this kind of Heart Failure is more challenging because an ECG will show an ejection fraction in the normal range.
A process of elimination
When symptoms persist, doctors typically run a series of diagnostic tests. Eliminating other possibilities to arrive at a diagnosis of HFpEF can actually take up to a year and a half.
Clinical signs of Heart Failure
Evidence of preserved or normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF)
Evidence of abnormal Left Ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction that can be determined by Doppler echocardiography or cardiac catheterization