This review highlights the role of traditional and novel echocardiographic techniques in evaluating, guiding therapy, and monitoring patients with systolic heart failure.
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Supports echocardiography for systolic HF evaluation and monitoring; leaves open prospective outcome trials for novel techniques.
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.
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