Echocardiography predicts adverse cardiac remodelling in heart failure |
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| Authors: | Hanumanth K Reddy Santhosh KG Koshy Sanjeev Wasson Kul B Aggarwal Lokesh Tejwani Alexander V Ovechkin Suresh C Tyagi |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Division of Cardiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri;;2.Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
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| Abstract: | Congestive heart failure remains a primary cause of cardiovascular-related events. Heart failure patients face two health care challenges. First, they are uncertain about their prognosis and second, they have an unpredictable clinical course with recurrent exacerbations of heart failure. The echocardiogram is an easily accessible bedside test without any associated procedural complications. Additionally, it provides a wealth of information about chamber size and function, valve integrity and the pericardial sac. In the present review, the most common echocardiographic predictors of impending cardiac events in congestive heart failure are described. |
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| Keywords: | Arrhythmias Heart disease Matrix Myocardium Stroke |
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