Open AccessUse of Lung Ultrasound For Diagnosing Acute Heart Failure in Emergency Department of Southern India
Author(s) -
Manav Aggarwal,
Mrigakshi Gupta,
Vikrant Vijan,
Anjith Vupputuri,
Sanjeev Chintamani,
Bishnukiran Rajendran,
Rajesh Thachathodiyal,
R. Chandrasekaran
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/20661.8814
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , heart failure , acute decompensated heart failure , ultrasound , cardiology , natriuretic peptide , radiology , emergency ultrasound , lung , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , psychiatry
Diagnosing heart failure is often a challenge for the healthcare providers due to it's non-specific and usually subtle physical presentations. The outcomes for treatment are strongly related to the stage of the disease. Considering the importance of early and accurate diagnosis, it is important to have an easy, inexpensive, non-invasive, reliable and reproducible method for diagnosis of heart failure. Recent advancement in radiology and cardiology are supporting the emerging technique of lung ultrasound through B-line evaluation for identifying extravascular lung water.