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Echocardiographic evaluation of systolic heart failure
Author(s) -
Lo Queenie,
Thomas Liza
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2205-0140
pISSN - 1836-6864
DOI - 10.1002/j.2205-0140.2009.tb00067.x
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , context (archaeology) , cardiology , modality (human–computer interaction) , intensive care medicine , computer science , artificial intelligence , paleontology , biology
Echocardiography is the most commonly used modality for evaluating left ventricular size and function in the context of systolic heart failure. Traditional techniques, though extensively used, have their limitations and more recently several newer technologies have emerged that are more reproducible, provide prognostic information, guide therapies and have an important role in monitoring progress. This review will evaluate the traditional and more novel techniques used and briefly provide an overview of the role of echocardiography in guiding and monitoring therapies in patients with systolic heart failure.