1. Department of Radiology,Emory University School of Medicine. GA 30322,USA 2. Department of Nuclear Medicine,Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University,Chongqing 400010,China
Abstract:
IntroductionHeart failure(HF)is widely prevalent(> 6 million cases)and rapidly growing(> 0.6 million new cases annually)in the United States.Although the prevalence of HF in China is less than that in the United States,the total number of HF patients in China exceeds 4 million.