Why the study?
Does bedside transthoracic echocardiography accurately determine the etiology of cardiopulmonary compromise compared to right heart catheterization and gold standard clinical assessment in critically ill patients?
Does bedside transthoracic echocardiography accurately determine the etiology of cardiopulmonary compromise compared to right heart catheterization and gold standard clinical assessment in critically ill patients?
Bedside transthoracic echocardiography demonstrates excellent diagnostic agreement with right heart catheterization and clinical gold standards, offering a safe, non-invasive alternative for determining the etiology of cardiopulmonary compromise in critically ill patients.
Supports bedside TTE in critically ill patients; leaves open need for prospective validation before replacing invasive assessment.
Background: Tranthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is increasingly utilized in the management of critically ill patients in whom right heart catheterization (RHC) was frequently used in the past. We tested the hypothesis that bedside TTE can substitute for RHC for determining the etiology of cardiopulmonary compromise in critically ill patients when initial clinical assessment is limited.
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