A Five-Step Vascular Ultrasound Examination in Heart Failure: The First Two Years of the "ABCDE" G-SIUMB Multicenter Study 2018-2022.
Journal
Current problems in cardiology
ISSN: 1535-6280
Titre abrégé: Curr Probl Cardiol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 7701802
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2021
Mar 2021
Historique:
received:
21
02
2020
accepted:
22
02
2020
pubmed:
12
4
2020
medline:
16
7
2021
entrez:
12
4
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The aim of this study is the creation of a 5-step ultrasound examination to evaluate and monitor Heart Failure (HF) patients during hospitalization and follow-up. "ABCDE" is the acronym of an Italian multicentre study composed of a consecutive sample of HF patients admitted from the Emergency to the Internal Medicine/Geriatric Departments of several Italian hospitals. The "ABCDE" score includes the evaluations of A, the Ankle-brachial index (ABI), B, the B-lines, C, the Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT), D, the Diameter of the abdominal aorta and of the inferior cave vein and E, the echocardiographic assessment of the ejection fraction. This paper reports the preliminary results. Up to now, the "ABCDE" multicenter study seems an exciting opportunity to create an integrative ultrasound approach in HF. The definitive confirmation of these preliminary results and the effective usefulness of the "ABCDE" will be available in 2022, at the end of the study.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32276739
pii: S0146-2806(20)30055-4
doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2020.100578
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
100578Informations de copyright
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