Assessing strategies for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction at the outpatient clinic.

Background: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) is the most common form of heart failure (HF), its diagnosis being a challenge to the outpatient clinic practice.

Objective: To describe and compare two strategies derived from algorithms of the European Society of Cardiology Diastology Guidelines for the diagnosis of HFPEF.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with 166 consecutive ambulatory patients (67.