Key result
VExUS and sLUS changes correlate with intracardiac pressure shifts during decongestion in critically ill HF.
Why the study?
Do VExUS and sLUS scores correlate with intracardiac pressures during decongestion in critically ill patients with acute decompensated heart failure?
Do VExUS and sLUS scores correlate with intracardiac pressures during decongestion in critically ill patients with acute decompensated heart failure?
VExUS and sLUS scores can reliably reflect changes in intracardiac pressures, supporting their use for hemodynamic monitoring during decongestion in acute decompensated heart failure.
Supports VExUS and sLUS for hemodynamic monitoring during ADHF decongestion; extends validation to direct intracardiac pressure changes in critical care.
In critically ill patients with acute decompensated heart failure, we observed changes in VExUS and sLUS scores with decongestion which mirrored changes in intracardiac pressures. The portal vein pulsatility fraction had the higher reproducibility of the VExUS subcomponents. These findings support the role of VExUS and sLUS in hemodynamic monitoring of decongestion in critically ill patients with acute decompensated heart failure.
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Jimenez et al. (2026) studied this question. Changes in VExUS and sLUS scores were correlated with shifts in intracardiac pressures during decongestion in critically ill heart failure patients.
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