Correlation between measured inferior vena cava diameter and right atrial pressure depends on the echocardiographic method used in patients who are mechanically ventilated

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 944-949

  Bendjelid, Karim ^a   Romand, Jacques A ^a   Walder, Bernhard ^a   Suter, Peter M ^a   Fournier, Gerard ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPINE POSITION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 0036739873     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.120701     Document Type: Article

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