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The most important publications of the past year in echocardiography

Die wichtigsten Publikationen des letzten Jahres in der Echokardiographie

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We review the published literature on clinical echocardiography of the past year. Key topics were valvular heart disease, in particular aortic stenosis, and the imaging requirements for transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Three-dimensional echocardiography and deformation imaging have yielded important new insights in valvular heart disease. Other key fields have been assessment of heart failure, in particular heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, and the relationship of this condition with diastolic dysfunction and left atrial function. Functional imaging of cardiomyopathies was also an important topic.

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Wir fassen die im letzten Jahr veröffentlichte, wesentliche Literatur auf dem Gebiet oder mit wesentlichem Bezug zum Gebiet der klinischen Echokardiographie zusammen. Die wichtigsten Themen waren dabei Herzklappenerkrankungen, insbesondere die Aortenstenose und die kathetergeführte Aortenklappenimplantation. Hierbei spielen sowohl die dreidimensionale Darstellung der Herzklappen als auch die funktionelle Bildgebung des linken Ventrikels, z. B. die Darstellung der myokardialen Verformung, zentrale Rollen. Andere wichtige Gebiete waren die Diagnostik von Kardiomyopathien sowie neue Einsichten in die Herzinsuffizienz bei erhaltener Ejektionsfraktion, die eng mit der diastolischen Funktion des linken Ventrikels sowie mit Größe und Funktion des linken Vorhofs verknüpft ist.

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Farkhooy, A., Flachskampf, F. The most important publications of the past year in echocardiography. Herz 38, 10–17 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-012-3742-6

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