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1: Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2007 Jan 30;5:5.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Ultrasound imaging versus morphopathology in cardiovascular diseases: the heart failure.

Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Milan and Pisa, Italy. riccardo.bigi@unimi.it

This review article summarizes the results of histopathological studies to assess heart failure in humans. Different histopathological features underlying the clinical manifestations of heart failure are reviewed. In addition, the present role of echocardiographic techniques in assessing the failing heart is briefly summarized.

PMID: 17263890 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC1797157