Handcarried echocardiography to assess hemodynamics in acute decompensated heart failure

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 219-227

  Goonewardena, Sascha N ^a   Spencer, Kirk T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute decompensated heart failure; Handcarried ultrasound; Inferior vena cava; LV ejection fraction; Volume status

Indexed keywords

DEVICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VOLUME; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 78649656770     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-010-0030-8     Document Type: Review

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