Utility of lung ultrasound in predicting pulmonary and cardiac pressures

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1276-1284

  Platz, Elke ^a   Lattanzi, Annmarie ^a   Agbo, Chioma ^a   Takeuchi, Madoka ^a   Resnic, Frederic S ^a   Solomon, Scott D ^a   Desai, Akshay S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemodynamics; Heart failure; Lung ultrasound; Right heart catheterization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG ULTRASOUND; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY DIASTOLIC PRESSURE; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE VOLUME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867704375     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs144     Document Type: Review

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