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Hello doctor! The %EF reading can be confused when diastolic heart failure causes less blood in the ventricles and the %EF increases. In case of both diastolic and systolic heart failure, the percentage of EF compensates for each other, making the percentage of EF not standard. So the doctor asked me if the percentage of EF in echocardiography is accurate to detect heart failure? Ask your doctor for advice. Thank you.
Luu Quoc Cuong, 1993
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Hello. The doctor would like to answer the question: "Are the percentages of EF in echocardiography accurate to detect heart failure?" Your heart is as follows:
Echocardiography can help assess the contractility and ability of the heart muscle to expand. Usually divided into 2 types: heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (EF <50%) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (EF>50%), commonly referred to as diastolic heart failure. EF is an algorithm in echocardiography, there is no compensatory condition that distorts the EF index in echocardiography.
However, to diagnose heart failure must be based on many other factors: history, clinical examination, chest X-ray, Nt-Probnp test... not just based on echocardiography.
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Answered by Master, Doctor Vu Thi Tuyet Mai - Cardiologist - Cardiovascular Center - Vinmec Central Park International General Hospital
