Estimating Left Ventricular Filling Pressure by Echocardiography

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 diagnosis, but cardiac catheterization is often not practical. Echocardiographic indexes are therefore used as markers of filling pressure. This study investigated the feasibility and accuracy of comprehensive echocardiography in identifying patients with elevated LV filling...