Diagnosis of Acute Heart Failure Using Inferior Vena Cava Ultrasound

• Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine Vol. 39; no. 7; pp. 1367 - 1378
• Main Authors: Darwish, Omar S., Mahayni, Abdullah, Kataria, Saisha, Zuniga, Eric, Zhang, Lishi, Amin, Alpesh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.07.2020
• Subjects: heart failure; inferior vena cava; ultrasound

Objectives The utility of bedside inferior vena cava (IVC) ultrasound (US) in the diagnosis of heart failure (HF) is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether IVC parameters in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) are statistically different from those without HF. Methods The MEDLIN...