caa a22 4500 60547883X CHVBK 20210128100407.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10741-014-9461-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10741-014-9461-8 Prognostic role of transthoracic echocardiography in patients affected by heart failure and reduced ejection fraction [Elektronische Daten] [Maria Prastaro, Carmen D'Amore, Stefania Paolillo, Mariangela Losi, Caterina Marciano, Cinzia Perrino, Donatella Ruggiero, Paola Gargiulo, Gianluigi Savarese, Bruno Trimarco, Pasquale Perrone Filardi] Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction is a common and malignant condition, which recognizes a lot of causes and that carries a poor long-term prognosis. All patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, both asymptomatic and symptomatic, should be evaluated with transthoracic echocardiography as a depth analysis of first level, due to its characteristics of accuracy, availability, safety and low costs. In fact, echocardiography is an essential tool to establish not only the diagnosis, but also the aetiology and the understanding pathophysiology of heart failure. Moreover, by the new more sensitive and more specific echocardiographic technologies, such as tissue Doppler imaging or strain rate or speckle tracking or three-dimensional echocardiography, it is possible to identify other recognized high-risk parameters associated with adverse outcome, which are useful to guide therapy and follow-up management of heart failure patients. Therefore, this review would underline the prognostic role of some echocardiographic parameters in the evaluation and management of patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Heart failure nationallicence Left ventricular dysfunction nationallicence Transthoracic echocardiography nationallicence Prognostic index nationallicence Prastaro Maria Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut D'Amore Carmen Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut Paolillo Stefania Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut Losi Mariangela Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut Marciano Caterina Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut Perrino Cinzia Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut Ruggiero Donatella Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut Gargiulo Paola Institute of Diagnostic and Nuclear Development, SDN Foundation, 80129, Naples, Italy aut Savarese Gianluigi Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut Trimarco Bruno Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut Perrone Filardi Pasquale Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut Heart Failure Reviews Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 20/3(2015-05-01), 305-316 1382-4147 20:3<305 2015 20 10741 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-014-9461-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-014-9461-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Prastaro Maria Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- D'Amore Carmen Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Paolillo Stefania Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Losi Mariangela Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Marciano Caterina Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Perrino Cinzia Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ruggiero Donatella Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gargiulo Paola Institute of Diagnostic and Nuclear Development, SDN Foundation, 80129, Naples, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Savarese Gianluigi Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Trimarco Bruno Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Perrone Filardi Pasquale Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Heart Failure Reviews Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 20/3(2015-05-01), 305-316 1382-4147 20:3<305 2015 20 10741