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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2018-01-01
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Series: | Critical Ultrasound Journal |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13089-018-0084-5 |