This article updates the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology
(ESC) 2007 classification of advanced heart failure and describes new diagnostic and …

Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function is an integral part of
the routine evaluation of patients presenting with symptoms of dyspnea or heart failure. The …

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 …

Abstract Aims The present Euro-Filling report aimed at comparing the diagnostic accuracy of
the 2009 and 2016 echocardiographic grading algorithms for predicting invasively …

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 …

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Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is an umbrella term entailing a wide variety of genetic and
non-genetic etiologies, leading to left ventricular systolic dysfunction and dilatation, not …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and prognostic role of
left ventricular reverse remodeling (LVRR) in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM) …

Doppler echocardiography is one of the most useful clinical tools for the assessment of left
ventricular (LV) diastolic function. Doppler indices of LV filling and pulmonary venous (PV) …

Background The independent prognostic value of elevated jugular venous pressure or a
third heart sound in patients with heart failure is not well established. Methods We performed …