Echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular function in critically III patients: Dynamic loading challenge using medical antishock trousers

Chest

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1718-1723

  Loubieres, Yann ^a   Vieillard Baron, Antoine ^a   Beauchet, Alain ^a   Fourme, Thierry ^a   Page, Bernard ^a   Jardin, François ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Circulatory failure; Loading challenge; Medical antishock trousers; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PRELOAD; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MAST SUIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034538487     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.6.1718     Document Type: Article

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