临床判定标准
HFpEF 的临床症状和体征常常是非特异性的,在正常老化过程中也会出现类似的心脏舒张异常。[49]Nikitin NP, Witte KK, Thackray SD, et al. Longitudinal ventricular function: normal values of atrioventricular annular and myocardial velocities measured with quantitative two-dimensional color Doppler tissue imaging. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2003;16:906-921.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12931102?tool=bestpractice.com
1998 年,欧洲舒张性心力衰竭诊断研究组要求应具备“异常左心室松弛、充盈、舒张期扩张或舒张僵硬度的证据”。[50]European Study Group on Diastolic Heart Failure. How to diagnose diastolic heart failure. Eur Heart J. 1998;19:990-1003.https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/19/7/990/570500/How-to-diagnose-diastolic-heart-failurehttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9717033?tool=bestpractice.com
2012 年,欧洲心脏病学会更新了其对 HFpEF 的诊断标准,建议必须满足四个条件:[51]McMurray JJ, Adamopoulos S, Anker SD, et al; ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines. ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2012. Eur Heart J. 2012;33:1787-1847. [Erratum in Eur Heart J. 2013;34:158.]https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/33/14/1787/526884/ESC-Guidelines-for-the-diagnosis-and-treatment-ofhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22611136?tool=bestpractice.com
2013 年,美国心脏病学会/美国心脏协会共识声明中省略了其中最后两项建议,指出在超声心动图显示 LVEF 正常且无明显瓣膜异常的患者中,HFpEF 的诊断基于典型的心力衰竭症状和体征。[8]Yancy CW, Jessup M, Bozkurt B, et al; Writing Committee members, American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of heart failure. Circulation. 2013;128:e240-e327.http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/128/16/e240.longhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23741058?tool=bestpractice.com
很明显,射血分数降低心力衰竭中所采用的‘一刀切’方法不适用于 HFpEF。患者常有重叠的共病,但直至最近才被有力地证明,HFpEF 不仅仅是所有共病的总和,而是一种独立的病症。[5]Mohammed SF, Borlaug BA, Roger VL, et al. Comorbidity and ventricular and vascular structure and function in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a community-based study. Circ Heart Fail. 2012;5:710-719.http://circheartfailure.ahajournals.org/content/5/6/710.longhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23076838?tool=bestpractice.com
纽约心脏病协会 (NYHA) 功能分级[52]Criteria Committee of the New York Heart Association. Nomenclature and criteria for diagnosis of diseases of the heart and great vessels. 9th ed. Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co; 1964:253-256.
提供一种简便的方法,依据患者的体力活动受限情况对其进行分级,并可预测预后。[53]Muntwyler J, Abetel G, Gruner C, et al. One-year mortality among unselected outpatients with heart failure. Eur Heart J. 2002;23:1861-1866.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12445535?tool=bestpractice.com
I 级:心脏病不引起体力活动受限;一般体力活动不会导致明显的疲乏、心悸或呼吸困难
II 级:心脏病引起体力活动轻度受限;休息时无症状,但一般体力活动会导致乏力、心悸或呼吸困难
III 级:心脏病引起体力活动明显受限;休息时无症状,但轻微的活动即导致乏力、心悸或呼吸困难
IV 级:心脏病导致任何体力活动均会引起不适;休息时有心力衰竭症状;一旦进行任何体力活动,均增强不适感。