Hallazgos ecocardiográficos en pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca con fracción de eyección conservada que acuden a consulta en el Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo.

Abstract

Introduction: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HF-PEF) is a very important pathology due to its high prevalence worldwide and the public health problem it represents. Echocardiography is a very useful imaging tool for its diagnosis, demonstrating any structural abnormality and analyzing possible etiologies. Methodology: This descriptive, cross-sectional, observational and analytical study focuses on determining the main echocardiographic findings in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction that were treated at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital during the period between 2018 and 2020, the description of the main sociodemographic characteristics and the most common background medical history among patients. Results: The mean of ejection fraction in our study was 60,33 ± 6,43%, while the main echocardiographic findings where: Left ventricle systolic diameter: 32,4 ± 7,7 mm; Left ventricle diastolic diameter: 49,6 ± 7,98 mm; Interventricular septum: 12,4 ± 2,46 mm; Posterior wall:11,2 ± 1,84 mm. In addition,HF-PEF was more prevalent female population with 52,41%, and the most common underlying condition was hypertension with a total of 149 patients. Conclusion: HF-PEF is more common in women, and its incidence increases with age. Meanwhile, echocardiographic measurements do not differ from one population to another, and arterial hypertension is the principal etiology of this disease.