Clinical and echocardiographic determinants of ultrasound lung comets

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 474-479

  Frassi, Francesca ^a   Gargani, Luna ^a   Gligorova, Suzana ^b   Ciampi, Quirino ^a   Mottola, Gaetano ^b   Picano, Eugenio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Clinica Cardiologica Montevergine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyspnoea; Echocardiography; Ultrasound lung comets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULRASOUND LUNG COMET;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXTRAVASCULAR LUNG WATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE;

EID: 35548958367     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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