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European Journal of Echocardiography 2007 8(1):4-14; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2006.09.002
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Copyright © 2006, The European Society of Cardiology

Echocardiography in heart failure: Beyond diagnosis

J.K. Oh*

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905-0001, USA

Received 11 September 2006; accepted after revision 13 September 2006.

* Tel.: +1 507 284 3685; fax: +1 507 284 3968. oh.jae@mayo.edu

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It is a great honor for me to deliver this year's Euro Echo Lecture in this beautiful city of Florence and I appreciate the European Association of Echocardiography for the invitation and this opportunity to discuss the role of echocardiography in systolic and diastolic heart failure as the single most useful test, not only in diagnosis, but also as a tool to provide insights into the pathophysiological mechanism of various etiologies of heart failure, as a tool to monitor patient's response to various treatment options, and as a tool to help us develop innovative new therapies for heart failure.

According to the ESC guidelines published in 2005, heart failure is defined as "a complex clinical syndrome that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the ability of ventricles to fill with or eject blood" which includes diastolic as well as systolic heart failure.1 ACC/AHA guidelines . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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