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

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

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.32, sa.5, ss.403-407, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 5
Basım Tarihi: 2014
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.12.046
Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.403-407
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.