The role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with heart failure.
The number of patients with congestive heart failure has increased in epidemic proportions. Echocardiography plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of these patients. Recent studies have also confirmed the independent prognostic information of the echocardiographic findings.
Dhir
Meeney
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Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030-2717, USA.
Arora
Umesh
U
Nagueh
Sherif F
SF
D003971:Diastole; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D013599:Systole