Pulmonary congestion is the main cause of hospital admission in patients with heart failure (HF). Lung ultrasound (LUS) is a useful tool to identify subclinical pulmonary congestion. We evaluated the usefulness of LUS in addition to physical examination (PE) in the management of outpatients with HF.

Lung ultrasound-guided therapy reduces acute decompensation events in chronic heart failure / Marini, Claudia; Fragasso, Gabriele; Italia, Leonardo; Sisakian, Hamayak; Tufaro, Vincenzo; Ingallina, Giacomo; Stella, Stefano; Ancona, Francesco; Loiacono, Ferdinando; Innelli, Pasquale; Costantino, Marco Fabio; Sahakyan, Laura; Gabrielyan, Sirvard; Avetisyan, Mariam; Margonato, Alberto; Agricola, Eustachio. - In: HEART. - ISSN 1355-6037. - (2020), p. heartjnl-2019-316429. [Epub ahead of print] [10.1136/heartjnl-2019-316429]

Lung ultrasound-guided therapy reduces acute decompensation events in chronic heart failure

Margonato, Alberto;Agricola, Eustachio
2020-01-01

Abstract

Pulmonary congestion is the main cause of hospital admission in patients with heart failure (HF). Lung ultrasound (LUS) is a useful tool to identify subclinical pulmonary congestion. We evaluated the usefulness of LUS in addition to physical examination (PE) in the management of outpatients with HF.
2020
Inglese
heartjnl-2019-316429
Epub ahead of print
heart failure
heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
Lung ultrasound-guided therapy reduces acute decompensation events in chronic heart failure / Marini, Claudia; Fragasso, Gabriele; Italia, Leonardo; Sisakian, Hamayak; Tufaro, Vincenzo; Ingallina, Giacomo; Stella, Stefano; Ancona, Francesco; Loiacono, Ferdinando; Innelli, Pasquale; Costantino, Marco Fabio; Sahakyan, Laura; Gabrielyan, Sirvard; Avetisyan, Mariam; Margonato, Alberto; Agricola, Eustachio. - In: HEART. - ISSN 1355-6037. - (2020), p. heartjnl-2019-316429. [Epub ahead of print] [10.1136/heartjnl-2019-316429]
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Marini, Claudia; Fragasso, Gabriele; Italia, Leonardo; Sisakian, Hamayak; Tufaro, Vincenzo; Ingallina, Giacomo; Stella, Stefano; Ancona, Francesco; Lo...espandi
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