Clinical, Laboratory and Lung Ultrasound Assessment of Congestion in Patients with Acute Heart Failure.

Alberto Palazzuoli Isabella Evangelista Matteo BeltramiFilippo PirrottaMaria Cristina TaveraLuigi GennariGaetano Ruocco

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)

a complete clinical laboratory and LUS assessment better recognized different congestion occurrence in AHF. The difference between admission and discharge B-lines provides useful prognostic information compared to traditional clinical evaluation.

Keyphrases

clinical evaluation
acute heart failure
emergency department
magnetic resonance imaging
risk assessment
heart failure
computed tomography
atrial fibrillation