Acute heart failure: New diagnostic perspectives for the emergency physician

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-41

  Soldati, Gino ^a,d   Gargani, Luna ^b   Silva, Fernando R ^c  

^a Ospedale di Castelnuovo Garfagnana   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS   (United States)

^d Valle del Serchio General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

B lines; Chest sonography; Heart failure; Lung ultrasound; Ultrasound lung comets

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS;

EID: 40849130882     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-008-0114-6     Document Type: Review

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