The Heart Failure Academy

Stop 4: Diagnosis

The duration of this video is 7 minutes 22 secs

Target audience

This video is suitable for all healthcare professionals

Video content

In this video we:

• introduce the different types or phenotypes of heart failure:
  • Heart Failure with reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
  • Heart Failure with moderately reduced Ejection Fraction (HFmrEF)
  • Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)

• think about what will be seen on an echocardiogram and how this may be described on an echocardiogram report so that you can discuss this with people living with heart failure.

We hope this video will help you interpret hospital letters and develop your confidence to discuss the findings in echocardiogram reports during conversations and consultations with people living with heart failure and their carers.

Action planning

After watching the ‘Stop 1: Heart failure hides in plain sight’ video and accessing the related resources, please complete this short action plan to share how the learning will change your practice.

Content published: 2 June 2025

Review date: 2 June 2027

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