Transthoracic echocardiogram
at diagnosis
tests per year, UK, at diagnosis
“Perform transthoracic echocardiography to exclude important valve disease, assess the systolic (and diastolic) function of the left ventricle and detect intracardiac shunts.”
NICE NG106, Chronic heart failure in adults: diagnosis and management, section 1.2, 2018-09
- Kind of source
- Clinical guideline
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06
- What to know
- Diagnostic baseline.
Used in
Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.