PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Rizzo, Toni ED - Price, Susanna ED - Gargani, Luna ED - Cardim, Nuno TI - The Role of Echocardiography in the Evaluation of AHF DP - 2014 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 28--31 VI - 14 IP - 54 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/54/28.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/54/28.full AB - Timely evaluation of patients presenting with symptoms of acute heart failure is crucial to making a prompt diagnosis and selecting appropriate therapeutic measures. Using echocardiography, the clinician can quickly and noninvasively obtain information about the causal condition, critical hemodynamic factors, and the etiology of lung congestion.