title: Utility of echocardiography in hypotension in the intensive care unit.
abstract: A prospective study was performed on the utility of echocardiography in diagnosing hypotension in critically ill patients. In our study, we found that transthoracic echocardiography can help physicians determine the etiology of hypotension in a significant number of patients. Transesophageal echocardiography is useful when results obtained from transthoracic echocardiography are suboptimal. Left ventricular function assessed by echocardiography can be used to predict 30-day mortality.
authors.affiliation: Regional Heart and Vascular Institute, Pensacola, FL 32504, USA. verma.ep@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Gossage
authors.forename: Vipul B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015897:Comorbidity; D016638:Critical Illness; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014655:Vascular Resistance; D018754:Ventricular Dysfunction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D055815:Young Adult