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Table 1 Heart failure echocardiography index score criteria

From: Prognostic value of heart failure echocardiography index in HF patients with preserved, mid-ranged and reduced ejection fraction

 

Indicators

Score

Left ventricular systolic function

30% ≤ LVEF< 45% or regional ventricular wall motion abnormality

1 point

LVEF< 30%

2 point

Left ventricular diastolic function

E/A < 0.5, DT > 220 ms, D/S < 1 or E/A = 1–2, DT = 150-220 ms, D/S ≥ 1

1 point

E/A > 2, DT < 150 ms, D/S > 1 or restrictive change

2 point

Pulmonary arterial systolic pressure

35 ≤ PASP< 50 mmHg

1 point

PASP≥50 mmHg

2 point

Atrioventricular remodeling

56 mm < LVEDD< 66 mm, IVST or LVPWT≥13 mm, LAD≥45 mm

1 point

LVEDD≥66 mm or right ventricular dysfunction

2 point

Valvular regurgitation or valvular stenosis

moderate

1 point

serious

2 point

  1. DT early diastolic mitral flow deceleration time, D/S pulmonary venous flow (S peak systolic wave velocity and D peak diastolic wave velocity), E/A peak velocity during early filing(E), late filling from atrial contraction (A), IVST interventricular septal thickness, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LVEDD left ventricular end diastolic diameter, PASP pulmonary arterial systolic pressure, LVPWT left ventricular posterior wall thickness