Open AccessCase Report: A cardiac mass diagnosed using Point-of-care ultrasound in a dyspneic patient. An integrated ultrasound examination of lung-heart-Inferior Vena Cava
Author(s) -
Maria Viviana Carlino,
Costantino Mancusi,
Antonio Sforza,
Giorgio Bosso,
Valentina Di Fronzo,
Gaetana Ferro,
Giovanni de Simone,
Fiorella Paladino
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pocus journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2369-8543
DOI - 10.24908/pocus.v2i3.13282
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior vena cava , cardiology , heart failure , ventricle , furosemide , blood pressure , heart rate
A 74-year-old woman with history of hypertension presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with severe resting dyspnea and swelling in the feet, ankles and legs. She was on treatment with furosemide and a beta blocker. At the time of admission blood pressure was 145/88 mmHg, heart rate (HR) 99 bpm, regular, oxygen saturation was 89% (FiO2 21%) and respiratory rate was 17 breaths/min.
Abbreviation List
AST: Aspartate aminotransferase
ED: Emergency Department
GFR: Glomerular Filtration Rate
HCC: Hepatocellular Carcinoma
HF: Heart Failure
HR: Heart rate
IVC: Inferior vena cava
LAFB: Left anterior fascicular block
LV: Left ventricle
NT-pro-BNP: N-Terminal pro-Brain Natriuretic peptide
POCUS: Point-of-care ultrasound
RA: Right atrium
RBB: Right bundle branch block
RV: Right ventricle
TS: Tricuspid stenosis