... disease of the elderly, and the prevalence of chronic heart failure increases with advancing age.Currently, chronic heart failure is the mostcommon hospital discharge diagnosis in patientsover the ... shortage of donor hearts. Currently, the mainstay of heart failure treatment is pharmacologic and includesangiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, angio-tensin receptor blockers, b-adrenergic receptorblockers, ... may be el-igible for surgical therapy. The important informa-tion in systolic heart failure for the surgeon froman imaging perspective is the reliable and repro-ducible assessment of LV size,...