Lung Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Pulmonary Congestion in Outpatients A Comparison With Clinical Assessment, Natriuretic Peptides, and Echocardiography

Academic Article
Publication Date:
2013
abstract:
BACKGROUND Evaluation of pulmonary congestion in chronic HF is challenging. LUS has been recently proposed as a reliable tool for the semiquantification of extravascular lung water through assessment of B-lines.
Iris type:
01.01 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
B-lines; heart failure; lung ultrasound; natriuretic peptides; pulmonary congestion; ultrasound lung comets
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Handle:
https://iris.cnr.it/handle/20.500.14243/287682
Published in:
JACC. CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
Journal