Echocardiography is essential for diagnosing and risk-stratifying patients with heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction by assessing multiple functional and structural parameters.
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Supports echo-based risk stratification in HF; leaves open prospective outcome trials.
Ciampi et al. (2007) studied this question.
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