Transthoracic echocardiography to evaluate the superior vena cava in critically ill patients: window description and pilot study

Intensive Care Med. 2019 Jul;45(7):1052-1054. doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05621-1. Epub 2019 Apr 25.

Authors

Diego Ugalde¹, Pierre-Alexandre Haruel^{2

3}, Mathieu Godement^{2

3}, Amélie Prigent^{2

3}, Antoine Vieillard-Baron^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Unidad de Pacientes críticos, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. diegougaldecastillo@gmail.com.
² Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Ambroise Paré University Hospital, APHP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
³ UFR Des Sciences de La Santé Simone Veil, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Versailles, France.

PMID: 31041478
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-019-05621-1

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Critical Illness*
Echocardiography / methods*
Humans
Pilot Projects
Vena Cava, Superior / diagnostic imaging*