title: [Diagnosis of heart failure].
abstract: Heart failure is a clinical syndrome caused by various etiologic factors. The physician should undertake every effort to identify potentially reversible causes that lead to heart failure. Therefore one should go through various non-invasive as well as invasive diagnostic procedures. The diagnostic tests can be helpful in identifying patients with a poor prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinschen Universitätsklinik Graz. friedrich.fruhwald@kfunigraz.ac.at
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Fruhwald
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watzinger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Diagnostik der Herzinsuffizienz.