title: [Doppler parameters in the followup of and evaluation of patients with heart failure].
abstract: Cardiac failure plays an increasing role in the daily practice of cardiologists and internists. Cardiac failure is purely diastolic in nearly 40% of cases. Whether purely diastolic or mixed, cardiac failure requires appropriate management in the long term. A step by step approach is often necessary and echocardiography with Doppler analysis of blood flow is certainly one of the most pertinent methods of following up these patients. In addition, new technologies now provide access to quantifiable regional left ventricular systolic and diastolic function: Doppler tissue and strain rate imaging will certainly be an additional help for the adaptation of strategies of management of cardiac failure in the near future.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiovascular Imaging-F15, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. donale@ccf.org
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Donal
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coisne
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Paramètres doppler dans le suivi et l'évaluation des patients insuffisants cardiaques.