Clinical Relevance of Echocardiography in Acute Severe Dyspnea

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1159-1164

  Feissel, Marc ^a   Maizel, Julien ^b,c   Robles, Georges ^a   Badie, Julio ^a   Faller, Jean Pierre ^a   Slama, Michel ^b,c  

^a Centre Hospitalier de Belfort Montbeliard   (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Emergencies; Intensive care units; Left ventricular function; Paroxysmal dyspnea

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70349507640     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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