Wyatt Unger, Maggie Diller, Nishant Kalra and Vincent L Sorrell
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, 1501 North Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ 85724-5037, USA
* Corresponding author: Vincent L Sorrell (vsorrell@email.arizona.edu)
F1000 Medicine Reports 2009, 1:98
(doi: 10.3410/M1-98)
Published: 15/12/2009 © 2009 Medicine Reports Ltd
The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found at: http://F1000.com/Reports/Medicine/content/1/98
Echocardiography is comparatively inexpensive relative to other modern cardiovascular imaging tools. It is widely available, even in poor countries, and provides a comprehensive evaluation of cardiac structure and function. It is an ideal tool for the evaluation of patients with valvular heart disease and provides important prognostic information. This review of recent literature highlights reports on outcomes data and provides a clinically valuable summary in table format.