Izumo Masaki
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Nov 15;8:740439. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.740439. eCollection 2021.
Heart failure (HF) is a burden in pandemic medicine resulting in high mortality and morbidity. Because acute HF is a life-threatening event, its diagnosis and choice of optimal treatment are important to improve outcomes. Furthermore, understanding the cause and hemodynamics of acute HF is important in selecting the optimal treatment for these patients. Echocardiography is widely used in daily clinical practice because of its non-invasive nature and excellent portability to understand cardiac function and hemodynamics. Echocardiography is highly recommended by guidelines in the practice of HF, but evidence is limited. In this review, I would like to share clinical value of echocardiography in the treatment of patients with acute HF and discuss the usefulness of echocardiography.
心力衰竭（HF）是大流行医学中的一个负担，会导致高死亡率和高发病率。由于急性心力衰竭是一种危及生命的事件，其诊断和最佳治疗方案的选择对于改善预后很重要。此外，了解急性心力衰竭的病因和血流动力学对于为这些患者选择最佳治疗方法很重要。超声心动图因其无创性和出色的便携性，可用于了解心脏功能和血流动力学，在日常临床实践中被广泛使用。在心力衰竭的实践中，指南强烈推荐使用超声心动图，但证据有限。在本综述中，我想分享超声心动图在急性心力衰竭患者治疗中的临床价值，并讨论超声心动图的实用性。
