Acute dyspnea is one of the main reasons for admission to Emergency Department (ED). Availability of ultraminiaturized pocket ultrasound devices (PUD) adds diagnostic power to the clinical examination. The aim of this study was to identify an integrated ultrasound approach for diagnosis of acute heart failure (acute HF), using PUD and combining evaluation from lung, heart and inferior vena cava (IVC).

Assessment of left atrial size in addition to focused cardiopulmonary ultrasound improves diagnostic accuracy of acute heart failure in the Emergency Department / Carlino, Maria Viviana; Paladino, Fiorella; Sforza, Alfonso; Serra, Claudia; Liccardi, Filomena; de Simone, Giovanni; Mancusi, Costantino. - In: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. - ISSN 1540-8175. - (2018). [10.1111/echo.13851]

Assessment of left atrial size in addition to focused cardiopulmonary ultrasound improves diagnostic accuracy of acute heart failure in the Emergency Department

Carlino, Maria Viviana;Sforza, Alfonso;de Simone, Giovanni;Mancusi, Costantino
2018

Abstract

Acute dyspnea is one of the main reasons for admission to Emergency Department (ED). Availability of ultraminiaturized pocket ultrasound devices (PUD) adds diagnostic power to the clinical examination. The aim of this study was to identify an integrated ultrasound approach for diagnosis of acute heart failure (acute HF), using PUD and combining evaluation from lung, heart and inferior vena cava (IVC).
2018
Assessment of left atrial size in addition to focused cardiopulmonary ultrasound improves diagnostic accuracy of acute heart failure in the Emergency Department / Carlino, Maria Viviana; Paladino, Fiorella; Sforza, Alfonso; Serra, Claudia; Liccardi, Filomena; de Simone, Giovanni; Mancusi, Costantino. - In: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. - ISSN 1540-8175. - (2018). [10.1111/echo.13851]
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