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Emanuele Pivetta

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Echocardiographic and lung ultrasound characteristics in ambulatory patients with dyspnea or prior heart failure.

2013

Purpose Lung ultrasound (LUS) represents a novel, noninvasive method in the assessment of extravascular lung water. We investigated the utility of LUS in ambulatory subjects with dyspnea or prior heart failure (HF). Methods We studied 81 ambulatory subjects with HF history or dyspnea who underwent transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) with LUS of 8 zones. Subjects with heart transplantation or pulmonary conditions known to interfere with LUS were excluded. A reviewer blinded to the clinical data performed echocardiographic measurements and quantified B-lines (reverberation artifacts arising from the pleural line). Results Of 81 subjects, 74 (91%) (median age 66 years, 39% men, median left ve…

Malemedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.medical_treatmentBlood PressureRisk AssessmentSensitivity and SpecificityNuclear Medicine and ImagingInternal medicinemedicine.arterymedicineAmbulatory CareHumansRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingSingle-Blind MethodLungDyspnea; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Lung ultrasound; Aged; Ambulatory Care; Blood Pressure; Dyspnea; Echocardiography; Extravascular Lung Water; Female; Heart Failure; Humans; Lung; Male; Middle Aged; Prognosis; Reproducibility of Results; Risk Assessment; Sensitivity and Specificity; Single-Blind Method; Stroke Volume; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Radiology Nuclear Medicine and ImagingAgedHeart transplantationHeart FailureLung ultrasoundEjection fractionbusiness.industryReproducibility of ResultsStroke VolumeStroke volumeMiddle Agedmedicine.diseasePrognosisBlood pressureDyspneaEchocardiographyHeart failureAmbulatoryPulmonary arteryExtravascular Lung WaterCardiologyVentricular pressureFemaleRadiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessEchocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
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