Key result
Echocardiography reliably assesses ventricular function and hemodynamics to guide therapy and prognostication in heart failure.
Why the study?
Echocardiography is important for diagnosing CHF and assessing ventricular function, but its prognostic power requires focused review.
Does echocardiography provide prognostic information in patients with congestive heart failure?
Does echocardiography provide prognostic information in patients with congestive heart failure?
Echocardiography is a valuable noninvasive tool for assessing prognosis in patients with congestive heart failure.
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May support echocardiography for prognosis in heart failure; leaves open whether it improves outcomes in prospective trials.
Echocardiography plays an important role in the diagnosis of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). It determines the cause and readily provides a reliable noninvasive assessment of left and right ventricular function and filling pressures. This technique also has a tremendous potential in guiding therapy and tracking the clinical response. This review focuses on its prognostic power.
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Dhir et al. (2002) studied this question. Echocardiography provides reliable assessment of ventricular function and filling pressures to guide therapy, track clinical response, and determine prognosis in congestive heart failure.
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