Lung ultrasound for the evaluation of pulmonary congestion in outpatients: A comparison with clinical assessment, natriuretic peptides, and echocardiography

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1141-1151

  Miglioranza, Marcelo Haertel ^a   Gargani, Luna ^b   Sant'Anna, Roberto Tofani ^a   Rover, Marciane Maria ^a   Martins, Vitor Magnus ^a   Mantovani, Augusto ^a   Weber, Cristina ^a   Moraes, Maria Antonieta ^a   Feldman, Carlos Jader ^a   Kalil, Renato Abdala Karam ^a,c   Sicari, Rosa ^b   Picano, Eugenio ^b   Leiria, Tiago Luiz Luz ^a  

^a Rio Grande do Sul Cardiology Institute   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

Author keywords

B lines; heart failure; lung ultrasound; natriuretic peptides; pulmonary congestion; ultrasound lung comets

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; NATRIURETIC FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; LUNG ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

6-MIN WALK TEST; 6MWT; AMINO-TERMINAL PORTION OF B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; B-LINES; CCS; CHEST X-RAY; CLINICAL CONGESTION SCORE; CXR; E/E′; EVLW; EXTRAVASCULAR LUNG WATER; HEART FAILURE; HF; LA; LEFT ATRIAL; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LUNG ULTRASOUND; LUS; LV; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES; NT-PROBNP; PULMONARY CONGESTION; RATIO OF EARLY DIASTOLIC MITRAL INFLOW VELOCITY TO EARLY DIASTOLIC VELOCITY OF MITRAL ANNULUS; ULTRASOUND LUNG COMETS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; OUTPATIENTS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EDEMA; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84888052820     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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