Hand-carried echocardiography for assessment of left ventricular filling and ejection fraction in the surgical intensive care unit

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 470.e1-470.e7

  Mark, Dustin G ^a   Hayden, Geoffrey E ^a   Ky, Bonnie ^a   Paszczuk, Anna ^a   Pugh, Monica ^a   Matthews, Shannon ^a   Horan, Annamarie ^a   Gracias, Vicente H ^a   Kirkpatrick, James N ^a   Dean, Anthony J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Diagnostic imaging; Echocardiography; Left ventricular function; Ultrasonography; Ventricular ejection fraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 67949092991     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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