Clinical correlates of hand-held ultrasound-guided assessments of the inferior vena cava in patients with acute decompensated heart failure.
Soumya PatnaikCarlos D DavilaMarvin LuYaser AlhamshariMahek ShahUlrich P JordeGregg S PressmanSourin BanerjiPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2019)
Hand-held ultrasound assessment of IVC-CI in ADHF patients, although a feasible concept, is unable to predict 30-day readmissions in our study. Further prospective studies are necessary.
Keyphrases
- chronic kidney disease
- end stage renal disease
- inferior vena cava
- heart failure
- ultrasound guided
- pulmonary embolism
- vena cava
- ejection fraction
- magnetic resonance imaging
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- computed tomography
- atrial fibrillation
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- hepatitis b virus
- acute heart failure
- prognostic factors
- fine needle aspiration
- patient reported
- contrast enhanced ultrasound