Subjective right ventricle assessment by echo qualified intensive care specialists: assessing agreement with objective measures.

Sam R OrdeMichel SlamaKonstantin YastrebovAnthony McleanStephen Huangnull null

Published in: Critical care (London, England) (2019)

Subjective (visual) assessment of RV size and function, by ICU specialists trained in advanced echo, can be fairly reliable for the initial exclusion of significant RV pathology. It seems prudent to avoid subjective RV assessment in isolation.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
magnetic resonance
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intensive care unit
heart failure
computed tomography
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pulmonary hypertension
resistance training
left ventricular
mechanical ventilation
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
clinical evaluation