Monitoring the response to treatment of acute heart failure patients by ultrasonographic inferior vena cava collapsibility index

Yavasi, ÖZCAN; Unluer, Erden; Kayayurt, Kamil; Ekinci, Selim; Saglam, Caner; Surum, Nebi; Koseoglu, Mehmet; Yesil, Murat

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2013.12.046

Monitoring the response to treatment of acute heart failure patients by ultrasonographic inferior vena cava collapsibility index

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Yavasi O., Unluer E. E., Kayayurt K., Ekinci S., Saglam C., Surum N., ...More

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, vol.32, no.5, pp.403-407, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 32 Issue: 5
Publication Date: 2014
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.12.046
Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.403-407
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Our aim was to determine if N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) or sonographic measurements of inferior vena caval (IVC) diameters and collapsibility index (IVC-CI) have a role in the monitoring of acute heart failure (AHF) therapy.