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Can heart failure be picked up on echocardiogram?
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Yes: This is the main test used to evaluate heart function and contraction real time. It can be used to see the "pumping ability" of the heart or its failure.
Answered 7/2/2014
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Echocardiogram: Echocardiogram can suggest the presence of heart failure and suggest the physiologic cause of the problem.
Answered 7/2/2014
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?mechanism: Heart failure is a clinical syndrome characterize by shortness of breath and fluid retention. The echo will suggest the mechanism of heart failure wether it is due to weakness(reduce ejection fraction) or normal(preserved ejection fraction) but the diagnosis of heart failure is made by symptoms and signs of fluid retention by the presence of swelling ,abnormal chest x ray and by blood test BNAT
Answered 4/4/2016
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