Objectives This study sought to define the 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic
hemodynamics associated with each Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and …

Advanced heart failure (AHF) represents an endstage disease in which patients present a
severe impairment of functional capacity despite optimized guideline-directed medical …

Background: Low cardiac power output (CPO), measured invasively, can identify critically ill
patients at increased risk of adverse outcomes, including mortality. We sought to determine …

Cardiac output (CO) is routinely assessed by pulsed-wave Doppler echocardiography, yet
reference values in adults are lacking. We aim to establish normative values of CO and …

Background: Reduced left ventricular stroke work index (LVSWI) has been associated with
adverse outcomes in several populations of patients with chronic heart disease, but no prior …

Background: Prior studies have shown worse outcomes in patients with cardiogenic shock
(CS) who have reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), but the association between …

International Guidelines consider left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) as an important
parameter to categorize patients with heart failure (HF) and to define recommended …

Aims Cardiac point-of-care ultrasound (CV-POCUS) has become a fundamental part for the
assessment of patients admitted to cardiac intensive care units (CICU). We sought to refine …

Background Echocardiographic findings vary with shock severity, as defined by the Society
for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention (SCAI) shock stage. Left ventricular stroke …

Background: Although in clinical practice heart failure (HF) patients are classified using left
ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), this categorization is insufficient for prognosis, especially …