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ArticleCritical ultrasound journal2018

Strain analysis for the identification of hypertensive cardiac end-organ damage in the emergency department.

Pavitra Kotini-Shah, Susana Cuadros, Felix Huang, Joseph S Colla

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Article in Critical ultrasound journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pavitra Kotini-ShahDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 808 S. Wood Street (MC 724), Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. pkotini@uic.edu.
Susana CuadrosUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, USA.
Felix HuangDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 808 S. Wood Street (MC 724), Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Joseph S CollaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 808 S. Wood Street (MC 724), Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
University of Illinois Chicago · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypertensive emergency is a life-threatening state. End-organ damage affecting the heart accounts for up to 52% of hypertensive emergencies commonly encountered in the emergency department. Recent evidence indicates that strain echocardiography with computerized speckle-tracking is more sensitive at identifying hypertension induced changes in the left ventricle (LV) mechanical function than traditional 2-D echocardiography. We present a case demonstrating the use of emergency physician performed point-of-care strain echocardiography to identify and quantify LV mechanical dysfunction during a hypertensive crisis and to monitor improvement over 6 h.

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PMID30450528
PMCPMC6240555
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