title: Chronic left ventricular failure: the role of imaging in diagnosis and planning of conventional and novel therapies.
abstract: Heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalisation in the UK, and its prevalence is expected to increase further in the future due partly to an aging population. Although pharmacological agents remain the mainstay of therapy, an increasing number of surgical and novel minimally invasive interventions have been developed for the treatment of both acute and chronic heart failure. Imaging is essential for diagnosis, guiding therapeutic options, and monitoring therapy and its complications. As a result, radiologists should be familiar with the pathogenesis, treatment options, and imaging-related issues pertaining to the management of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: E T D
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Hoey
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gopalan
authors.forename: S K B
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Screaton
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery