Echocardiography and prognosis of heart failure.
Echocardiography plays an important role in the diagnosis of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). It determines the cause and readily provides a reliable noninvasive assessment of left and right ventricular function and filling pressures. This technique also has a tremendous potential in guiding therapy and tracking the clinical response. This review focuses on its prognostic power.
Dhir
Meeney
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Department of Medicine, Cardiology Section, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Nagueh
Sherif F
SF
D000572:American Heart Association; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology