[Open access echocardiography in patients with suspected or confirmed heart failure].
Cardiac failure is a disease still characterized by high morbidity and mortality. The use of clinical criteria is not yet considered sufficient for the diagnosis of this disease by main scientific associations. Echocardiography can give important information not only for diagnosis, but also for prognosis and management of the disease. As a growing demand for echocardiography is expected in the near future scientific community should be ready to face this difficult challenge. In fact it will be necessary to implement and organize structures in which this technique will be readily and easily available, in order to facilitate the diagnosis and allow "personalized" management and follow-up in these patients.
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Divisione di Cardiologia, A.O. S. Maria degli Angeli, Pordenone.
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D014463:Ultrasonography