Intrathoracic impedance and ultrasound lung comets in heart failure deterioration monitoring

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 968-974

  Maines, Massimiliano ^a   Catanzariti, Domenico ^a   Angheben, Carlo ^a   Valsecchi, Sergio ^b   Comisso, Jennifer ^a,b   Vergara, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Santa Maria Del Carmine Hospital   (Italy)

^b Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

echography; Heart failure; implantable defibrillator; intrathoracic impedance; ultrasound lung comets

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FLUID; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXTRAVASCULAR LUNG WATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EDEMA; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80051684290     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03072.x     Document Type: Article

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