title: Role of echocardiography in the contemporary management of chronic heart failure.
abstract: Echocardiography is an excellent noninvasive tool for the assessment of ventricular size and both systolic and diastolic function, and it is routinely used in patients with heart failure. This review will discuss the role of echocardiography in heart failure diagnosis, prognostic assessment and in the management of heart failure patients.
authors.affiliation: University of Auckland, Department of Medicine, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. g.whalley@auckland.ac.nz
authors.forename: Gillian A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Whalley
authors.forename: Cara A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Wasywich
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Doughty
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography