title: Acute heart failure: the role of focused emergency cardiopulmonary ultrasound in identification and early management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Robinson M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Ferre
authors.affiliation: Institute of Emergency for Cardiovascular Diseases C.C.Iliescu, University of Medicine Carol Davila, Bucuresti, Romania.
authors.forename: Ovidiu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Chioncel
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Peter S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.affiliation: Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging Laboratories, Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Roberto M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Innovation, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Mihai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gheorghiade
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Sean P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002496:Central Venous Pressure; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000592:standards; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
keywords: Cardiopulmonary ultrasound; Echo; Focused cardiac ultrasound; Heart failure; Point of care ultrasound