TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF THE PATIENT WITH KNOWN OR SUSPECTED CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
A1  - Aurigemma, Gerard P.
A2  - Orsinelli, David A.
PY  - 2016
T2  - Color Atlas and Synopsis of Echocardiography
AB  - Echocardiography  is  the  principal  imaging  method  employed  to  assess  patients  with  known  or  suspected  congestive  heart  failure.  The  appropriate  use  criteria  for  echocardiography  highlight  the  important  and  appropriate  role  of  echocardiography  in  the  evaluation  of  these  patients,  as  do  the  guidelines  for  the  use  of  imaging  in  heart  failure.1,2  The  recently  published  guidelines  for  the  management  of  patients  with  CHF  as  well  as  the  guidelines  for  the  use  of  imaging  in  CHF  both  emphasize  the  central  role  that  echocardiography  plays  in  the  initial  evaluation  and  ongoing  management  of  these  patients.2,3  "Although  a  complete  history  and  physical  examination  are  important  first  steps,  the  most  useful  diagnostic  test  in  the  evaluation  of  patients  with  or  at  risk  for  HF  (eg,  postacute  MI)  is  a  comprehensive  2-dimensional  echocardiogram;  coupled  with  Doppler  flow  studies,  the  transthoracic  echocardiogram  can  identify  abnormalities  of  myocardium,  heart  valves,  and  pericardium."3  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1132341803
ER  -