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

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YAVAŞİ Ö., 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, Scopus)

• 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
• Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: No

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.