Diagnostic performance of congestion score index evaluated from chest radiography for acute heart failure in the emergency department: A retrospective analysis from the PARADISE cohort.
Masatake KobayashiAmine DouairKévin DuarteDéborah JaegerGaetan GiacominAdrien BassandVictor JeangeorgesLaure Abensur VuillaumeGregoire Preud'hommeOlivier HuttinFaiez ZannadPatrick RossignolTahar ChouihedNicholas GirerdPublished in: PLoS medicine (2020)
In this study, we observed that a systematic semiquantified assessment of radiographic pulmonary congestion showed high diagnostic value for AHF in dyspneic patients. Better use of CXR may provide an inexpensive, widely, and readily available method for AHF triage in the ED.