title: The role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with heart failure.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030-2717, USA.
authors.forename: Meeney
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dhir
authors.forename: Umesh
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: Sherif F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Nagueh
mesh_terms: D003971:Diastole; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D013599:Systole