Redefinition of diagnostic role of inferior vena cava ultrasonography in the identification of acute heart failure

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¹ Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: alice.gianstefani@gmail.com.
² Emergency Unit of Faenza Hospital, Faenza, Italy.
³ Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Area Critica Ospedale Privato Accreditato Villa Nigrisoli, Bologna, Italy.
⁵ Emergency Unit, Department of Emergency, General Surgery and Transplants, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

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Alice Gianstefani et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2014 Jul.

. 2014 Jul;32(7):799-800.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.04.016. Epub 2014 Apr 18.

¹ Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: alice.gianstefani@gmail.com.
² Emergency Unit of Faenza Hospital, Faenza, Italy.
³ Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Area Critica Ospedale Privato Accreditato Villa Nigrisoli, Bologna, Italy.
⁵ Emergency Unit, Department of Emergency, General Surgery and Transplants, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

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Monitoring the response to treatment of acute heart failure patients by ultrasonographic inferior vena cava collapsibility index.
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