title: Diastolic stress echocardiography.
abstract: Evaluation of diastolic dysfunction and diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) by echocardiography are routinely performed at rest. However, many patients with modest HFpEF develop symptoms such as dyspnea only during exercise. Therefore, echocardiographic analysis at rest could be insufficient to identify these patients. Recent studies have demonstrated the utility of diastolic stress echocardiography to evaluate diastolic dysfunction during exercise. This review attempts to summarize and discuss current studies in diastolic stress echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Takagi Cardiology Clinic, Mibu Kayogosho-cho 3-3, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, 604-8811, Japan. tcardiol@qb4.so-net.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0402-6289
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takagi
mesh_terms: D003971:Diastole; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress / Q000379:methods*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology; D054144:Heart Failure, Diastolic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D013318:Stroke Volume; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Diastolic function; Exercise capacity; Heart failure with preserved ejection function; Stress echocardiography