Emergency physician use of tissue Doppler bedside echocardiography in detecting diastolic dysfunction: an exploratory study

Abstract Introduction This study evaluates the agreement between emergency physician (EP) assessment of diastolic dysfunction (DD) by a simplified approach using average peak mitral excursion velocity (eʹA) and an independent cardiologist’s diagnosis of DD by estimating left atrial (LA) pressure usi...

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Main Authors: Marina Del Rios, Joseph Colla, Pavitra Kotini-Shah, Joan Briller, Ben Gerber, Heather Prendergast
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-01-01
Series:Critical Ultrasound Journal
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13089-018-0084-5