Lung ultrasound and transthoracic impedance for noninvasive evaluation of pulmonary congestion in heart failure

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 510-517

  Facchini, Camilla ^a   Malfatto, Gabriella ^a   Giglio, Alessia ^a   Facchini, Mario ^a   Parati, Gianfranco ^a,b   Branzi, Giovanna ^a,c  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale San Luca   (Italy)

Author keywords

B lines; brain natriuretic peptide; impedance cardiography; lung ultrasound; pulmonary congestion; systolic heart failure

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOGRAPH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG ECHOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; LUNG; LUNG EDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PULMONARY EDEMA; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84922262533     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: 15582035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000000226     Document Type: Article

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