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A Five-Step Vascular Ultrasound Examination in Heart Failure: The First Two Years of the "ABCDE" G-SIUMB Multicenter Study 2018-2022.

Chiara MozziniGiancarlo PesceMaurizio SoresiDomenico Girelli

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medicine.medical_specialtySettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaVascular ultrasound030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyCarotid Intima-Media Thicknessultrasound.03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinemedicine.arterymedicineHumansMulticenter Studies as TopicAnkle Brachial Index030212 general & internal medicineVeinAgedUltrasonographyHeart FailureEjection fractionbusiness.industryUltrasoundAbdominal aortaGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseasemedicine.anatomical_structureIntima-media thicknessMulticenter studyEchocardiographyHeart failurecardiovascular systemheart failure; ultrasound.Vascular Ultrasound Heart Failure Lung Ultrasound “ABCDE” studyRadiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicinebusiness

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The aim of this study is the creation of a 5-step ultrasound examination to evaluate and monitor Heart Failure (HF) patients during hospitalization and follow-up. “ABCDE” is the acronym of an Italian multicentre study composed of a consecutive sample of HF patients admitted from the Emergency to the Internal Medicine/Geriatric Departments of several Italian hospitals. The “ABCDE” score includes the evaluations of A, the Ankle-brachial index (ABI), B, the B-lines, C, the Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT), D, the Diameter of the abdominal aorta and of the inferior cave vein and E, the echocardiographic assessment of the ejection fraction. This paper reports the preliminary results. Up to now, the “ABCDE” multicenter study seems an exciting opportunity to create an integrative ultrasound approach in HF. The definitive confirmation of these preliminary results and the effective usefulness of the “ABCDE” will be available in 2022, at the end of the study.

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2020-01-01Current problems in cardiology
10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2020.100578https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32276739