title: Current diagnostic strategies in heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Service of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lleida (Catalunya), Spain. mballesterr@wanadoo.es
authors.forename: Manel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ballester-Rodés
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Westaby
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology