[Echo-Doppler study of the right ventricle in patients with chronic cardiac failure].
Echocardiography is a well-established and accurate method for the evaluation of cardiac anatomy and function in patients with heart failure. In this review we summarize the role of echocardiography not only in assessing right ventricular anatomy and function, but also in the prediction of prognosis and in the study of ventricular interaction.
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Centro Cardiologico, Fondazione Monzino, IRCCS, Centro di Studi per le Ricerche Cardiovascolari del CNR, Milano. mpepi@cardiologicomonzino.it
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology; D011379:Prognosis; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology