Inferior vena cava assessment in the bedside diagnosis of acute heart failure

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 778-783

  Miller, Joseph B ^a   Sen, Ayan ^a   Strote, Seth R ^b   Hegg, Aaron J ^a   Farris, Sarah ^c   Brackney, Abigail ^a   Amponsah, David ^a   Mossallam, Usamah ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAVAL AORTIC RATIO; CAVAL INDEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN AREA;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 84861863925     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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