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Ultrasound Lung Comets for the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Cardiogenic Dyspnoea: A Comparison with Natriuretic Peptides

Luna Gargani, Francesca Frassi, Gino Soldati, Paola Tesorio, Mihai Gheorghiade, Eugenio Picano

European Journal of Heart Failure · 2008 · 267 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

In patients admitted with acute dyspnoea, pulmonary congestion, sonographically imaged as ULCs, is significantly correlated to NT-proBNP values. The accuracy of ULCs in predicting the cardiac origin of dyspnoea is high.

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A method of comparing the areas under receiver operating characteristic curves derived from the same cases.

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Doppler Tissue Imaging: A Noninvasive Technique for Evaluation of Left Ventricular Relaxation and Estimation of Filling Pressures

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Assessment of Mitral Annulus Velocity by Doppler Tissue Imaging in the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function

Daewon Sohn, In-Ho Chai, Dongjun Lee et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 1997 · 1.6K citations

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The N-terminal Pro-BNP Investigation of Dyspnea in the Emergency department (PRIDE) study

James L. Januzzi, Carlos A. Camargo, Saif Anwaruddin et al. · The American Journal of Cardiology · 2005 · 1.2K citations

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