Feasibility of the cardiac output response to stress test in suspected heart failure patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diagnostic tools available to support general practitioners diagnose heart failure (HF) are limited.

Objectives

(i) Determine the feasibility of the novel cardiac output response to stress (CORS) test in suspected HF patients, and (ii) Identify differences in the CORS results between (a) confirmed HF patients from non-HF patients, and (b) HF reduced (HFrEF) vs HF preserved (HFpEF) ejection fraction.

Methods

Single centre, prospective, observational, feasibility study. Consecutive patients with suspected HF (N = 105; mean age: 72 ± 10 years) were recruited from specialized HF diagnostic clinics in secondary care. The consultant cardiologist confirmed or refuted a HF diagnosis. The patient completed the CORS but the researcher administering the test was blind

SUBMITTER: Charman SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9508869 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature