Question

A 62-year-old woman with long-standing obesity, diabetes, and hypertension presents with exertional dyspnoea and orthopnoea. Echocardiogram shows LVEF 60% with diastolic dysfunction. Which term best describes this condition?

Accepted Answer

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)

Answer

Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)

Answer

Heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction (HFmrEF)

Answer

Cor pulmonale

Answer

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Practice question

A 62-year-old woman with long-standing obesity, diabetes, and hypertension presents with exertional dyspnoea and orthopnoea. Echocardiogram shows LVEF 60% with diastolic dysfunction. Which term best describes this condition?