A 55-year-old man with long-standing hypertension and diabetes presents with shortness of breath and ankle swelling. He has bibasal crackles, elevated...

Question

A 55-year-old man with long-standing hypertension and diabetes presents with shortness of breath and ankle swelling. He has bibasal crackles, elevated jugular venous pressure, and bilateral pitting oedema. Which investigation best distinguishes heart failure with preserved ejection fraction from heart failure with reduced ejection fraction?

Accepted Answer

Transthoracic echocardiogram

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Resting ECG

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Chest radiograph

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NT-proBNP level

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Exercise stress test

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Heart failure phenotyping