Lung ultrasound integrated with clinical assessment for the diagnosis of acute decompensated heart failure in the emergency department: a randomized controlled trial

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 754-766

  Pivetta, Emanuele ^a,b   Goffi, Alberto ^c,d   Nazerian, Peiman ^e   Castagno, Davide ^a   Tozzetti, Camilla ^e   Tizzani, Pietro ^b,f   Tizzani, Maria ^b   Porrino, Giulio ^b   Ferreri, Enrico ^b   Busso, Valeria ^b   Morello, Fulvio ^b   Paglieri, Cristina ^b   Masoero, Monica ^f   Cassine, Elisa ^a   Bovaro, Federica ^f   Grifoni, Stefano ^e   Maule, Milena M ^a   Lupia, Enrico ^a,b   Paolo, Baron ^g   Alessia, Bono ^g   Giuseppina, Buonafede ^g   Andrea, Collini ^g   Andrea, Conterno ^g   Ottavio, Davini ^g   Paola, Del Rizzo ^g   Andrea, Evangelista ^g   Paolo, Fascio Pecetto ^g   Patrizia, Ferrera ^g   Daniela, Forno ^g   Francesca, Giachino ^g   Grazia, Gregoretti Maria ^g   Sara, Grillo ^g   Alda, Lerda ^g   Davide, Lison ^g   Franca, Merico ^g   Franco, Merletti ^g   Corrado, Moiraghi ^g   Giulia, Novelli ^g   Luca, Pigozzi ^g   Sonia, Pivetti ^g   Paolo, Quaglia ^g   Claudia, Sacchi ^g   Elisa, Saglio ^g   Elisabetta, Segre ^g   Flavia, Soardo ^g   Fabio, Steri ^g   Michela, Sozzi ^g   Francesca, Suman ^g   Cristina, Tamone ^g   Grazia, Veglio Maria ^g   Marco, Allinovi ^e   Laura, Betti ^e   Sofia, Bigiarini ^e   Ernesta, Bondi ^e   Barbara, Casanova ^e   Matteo, Castelli ^e   Melisenda, Chiarlone ^e   Beatrice, Dilaghi ^e   Grazia, Fallani ^e   Roberto, Federico ^e   Giuseppe, Giannazzo ^e   Chiara, Gigli ^e   Simona, Gualtieri ^e   Eriola, Haxhiraj ^e   Juri, Mariannini ^e   Federico, Moroni ^e   Andrea, Nencioni ^e   Maddalena, Ottaviani ^e   Andrea, Pavellini ^e   Giuseppe, Pepe ^e   Stefano, Ponchietti ^e   Michele, Risso ^e   Francesca, Salti ^e   Francesco, Ticali Piero ^e   Federica, Trause ^e   Vanni, Simone ^e   Gabriele, Viviani ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute dyspnoea; Diagnosis; Heart failure; Lung ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1-76);

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; LUNG; LUNG ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85060777910     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1379     Document Type: Article

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