Rapid Evaluation by Lung-Cardiac-Inferior Vena Cava (LCI) Integrated Ultrasound for Differentiating Heart Failure From Pulmonary Disease as the Cause of Acute Dyspnea in the Emergency Setting

Katsuya Kajimoto, Keiko Madeen , Tomoko Nakayama, Hiroki Tsudo, Tadahide Kuroda and Takashi Abe

Our study demonstrated that rapid evaluation by lung-cardiac-inferior vena cava (LCI) integrated ultrasound is extremely accurate for differentiating acute dyspnea due to acute heart failure syndromes (AHFS) from that caused by primary pulmonary disease in the emergency setting.

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