Use of Hand Carried Ultrasound, B-type Natriuretic Peptide, and Clinical Assessment in Identifying Abnormal Left Ventricular Filling Pressures in Patients Referred for Right Heart Catheterization

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-75

  Goonewardena, Sascha N ^a   Blair, John E A ^b   Manuchehry, Amin ^b   Brennan, J Matthew ^c   Keller, Michael ^b   Reeves, Ryan ^d   Price, Adam ^d   Spencer, Kirk T ^d   Puthumana, Jyothy ^a   Gheorghiade, Mihai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

acute heart failure syndromes; diagnostics; Echocardiography; hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNDROME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 72749125149     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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