Assessing the venous system: Correlation of mean systemic filling pressure with the venous excess ultrasound grading system in cardiac surgery.
Jose Daniel Utrilla-AlvarezRodrigo Gopar-NietoEdgar García-CruzEmmanuel Lazcano-DíazGian Manuel Jiménez-RodrìguezGustavo Rojas-VelascoDaniel Manzur-SandovalPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2023)
The VExUS grading system indicates a high degree of systemic venous congestion in the first 48 h of the postoperative period after cardiac surgery and correlates with the Pmsf, which is the best surrogate of stressed circulatory volume.