Publications by authors named "Fernanda Volponi Licio"
Background: The pathophysiological model of heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) focuses on the presence of diastolic dysfunction, which causes left atrial (LA) structural and functional changes. The LA size, an indicator of the chronic elevation of the left ventricular (LV) filling pressure, can be used as a marker of the presence of HFPEF, and it is easily obtained.
Objective: To estimate the accuracy of measuring the LA size by using indexed LA volume and diameter (ILAV and ILAD, respectively) for diagnosing HFPEF in ambulatory patients.
Background: Heart failure with normal ejection fraction (HFNEF) is now the most prevailing model of HF in different epidemiological studies, and abnormalities in mild systolic function (subclinical) have been observed in those patients when the left ventricular contractility (LV) is evaluated in the longitudinal axis (S') by tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE), even in normal LV ejection fraction.
Objective: To evaluate whether patients with HFNEF, according to the new criteria set out by the European Society of Cardiology, present changes in systolic function detected by S' measurement when compared with patients whose HFNEF has not been confirmed.
Methods: One hundred eighteen patients with signs or symptoms of HF underwent BNP measurement and TDE with measurements of longitudinal axis velocity during systole (S') and diastole (E') and measures of transmitral flow during diastole (E, A).