Several indices are available to assess left ventricular (LV) function. Although ejection
fraction (EF) is widely used, it has many limitations. An assessment of LV longitudinal …

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 …

Aims Although echocardiography is generally used for the diagnosis of heart failure with
preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), invasive measurements of filling pressures are the gold …

Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome that can result from any structural or
functional cardiac disorder that impairs the ability of the ventricle to fill with or eject blood …

Heart failure, despite a normal ejection fraction (HFNEF), is a common clinical problem with
many unsolved questions regarding pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapy. Although the …

Heart failure (HF) consists the fastest growing clinical cardiac disease. HF patients are
categorized on the basis of underlying left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) into HF with …

Background: The diagnosis of heart failure may be challenging because symptoms are
rather nonspecific. Elevated left ventricular (LV) filling pressure may be used to confirm the …

The assessment of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function should be an integral part of a
routine examination, particularly in patients presenting with dyspnea or heart failure. About …

The primary myocardial disease idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM) is not clearly
defined in the literature. The description is both morphologic and etiologic. We examined …

Echocardiography is well qualified to meet the growing need for noninvasive imaging in the
expanding heart failure (HF) population. The recently-released American College of …