Left ventricular ejection fraction using a simplified wall motion score based on mid-parasternal short axis and apical four-chamber views for non-cardiologists.
Réal LebeauMaxime Robert-HalabiMaxime PichetteAlain VinetClaude SauvéMaria DilorenzoViet LeEric PietteMathieu BrunetWilliam BédardKarim SerriFrédéric PoulinPublished in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2023)
Cardiac POCUS by emergency physicians and other non-cardiologists is a decisive therapeutic and prognostic tool. A simplified semi-quantitative WMS method to assess LVEF using the easiest technically achievable combination of mid-parasternal and apical four-chamber views provides a good approximative estimate for both non-cardiologist emergency physicians and cardiologists.
Keyphrases
- ejection fraction
- aortic stenosis
- left ventricular
- primary care
- public health
- emergency department
- healthcare
- heart failure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- acute myocardial infarction
- high resolution
- mitral valve
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- coronary artery disease
- high speed
- atrial fibrillation