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Application of left ventricular and left atrial strain to tell apart cardiac from non- cardiac dyspnea.
Upper left: a patient with non-cardiac dyspnea without elevation of filling pressure despite E/E“ratio 20. All other parameters are normal. Lower right: A patient with HFPEF and atrial fibrillation. Upper right. A patient with HFPEB in sinus rhythm showing significantly impaired LV-GLS% value. Lower right: Correlation between LA reservoir strain and NT-proBNP in a small cohort of HFPEF population in a primary care setting. The data emphasizes the value of incorporating LA strain in evaluating LV diastolic function/filling pressure 14.