Volume 112, Nº 6, June 2019
DOI: http://www.dx.doi.org/10.5935/abc.20190079
REVIEW ARTICLE
Heart Failure with Mid-Range Ejection Fraction – State of the Art
Evandro Tinoco Mesquita
Letícia Mara dos Santos Barbetta
Eduardo Thadeu de Oliveira Correia
Dr. Evandro Tinoco Mesquita
Figure 1 – Diagnostic algorithm in the clinical suspicion of heart failure. Adapted from: Brazilian Guideline for Chronic and Acute Heart Failure of 2018;5 HFrEF: heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HFmrEF: heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction; HFpEF: heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; EKG: electrocardiogram; BNP: brain natriuretic peptide; NT-proBNP: amino-terminal fragment of pro-brain natriuretic peptide; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction.
Keywords: Heart Failure/physiopathology; Stroke Volume; Natriureticss Peptides; Diagnostic Imaging; Electrocardiography; Ecocardiography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging.