Ultrasound lung comets: A clinically useful sign of extravascular lung water

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 356-363

  Picano, Eugenio ^a   Frassi, Francesca ^a   Agricola, Eustachio ^b   Gligorova, Suzana ^c   Gargani, Luna ^a   Mottola, Gaetano ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Cardiology Clinic Montevergine   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY WALL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; REVIEW; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TECHNOLOGY; THERMODILUTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND LUNG COMET;

ARTIFACTS; EXTRAVASCULAR LUNG WATER; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 33144470740     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.05.019     Document Type: Review

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