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ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2025

Echocardiography and Heart Failure: An Echocardiographic Decision Aid for the Diagnosis and Management of Cardiomyopathies.

Ashley Pender, Jessica Lewis-Owona, Abdulmojeed Ekiyoyo, Marcus Stoddard

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Review in Current cardiology reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ashley PenderDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Ashley.pender@jefferson.edu.
Jessica Lewis-OwonaDrexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Abdulmojeed EkiyoyoDepartment of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Marcus StoddardDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville Health, Louisville, KY, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThe purpose of this review is to highlight the utility of echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of cardiomyopathies. RECENT

findingsEchocardiographic parameters function synergistically to guide decision-making ranging from early detection of disease and screening to risk stratification of complex disease. The collective wealth of information available from 2D/3D assessment, Doppler, diastology and strain makes echocardiography an invaluable decision aid.

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CardiomyopathiesDecision Support TechniquesEchocardiographyHeart FailureHumansRisk AssessmentCardiomyopathyDiagnosisEchocardiographyHeart failureManagement

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PMID40019673
PMCPMC11870920

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