Prognostic Significance of Lung and Cava Vein Ultrasound in Elderly Patients Admitted for Acute Heart Failure: PROFUND-IC Registry Analysis.
Sara Pérez-HerreroNoel Lorenzo-VillalbaElena UrbanoBeatriz Sánchez-SauceFernando Aguilar-RodríguezMáximo Bernabeu-WittelRocio Garcia-AlonsoLlanos Soler-RangelFrancisco Trapiello-ValbuenaAlejandra Garcia-GarcíaJose Manuel Casas-RojoLuis Beltrán-RomeroLucía de Jorge-HuertaJuan Igor Molina-PuenteAbrar-Ahmad ZulfiqarRosario Iguarán-BermúdezManuel Méndez-BailónPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
The subgroups of patients analyzed with more than six B lines per field and IVC collapsibility less than or equal to 50%, as measured by clinical ultrasound, had higher 30-day mortality rates than patients who did not fall into these subgroups. IVC diameter may be a good independent predictor of 30-day mortality in patients with decompensated heart failure. Comparing both ultrasound variables, it seems that in our population, the assessment of the inferior vena cava may be more associated with short-term prognosis than the pulmonary congestion variables assessed by B lines.
Keyphrases
- inferior vena cava
- heart failure
- acute heart failure
- pulmonary embolism
- magnetic resonance imaging
- ejection fraction
- vena cava
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular events
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ultrasound guided
- pulmonary hypertension
- risk factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- atrial fibrillation
- left ventricular
- type diabetes
- coronary artery disease
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- computed tomography
- hepatitis b virus
- patient reported
- liver failure