• Medicina · Jan 2023

    [Comprehensive assessment of congestion in heart failure].

    • Juan Pablo Ricarte-Bratti, Julieta Lozita, and Elizabeth Ravinovich.
    • Unidad Coronaria, Servicio de Cardiología, Sanatorio Allende Nueva Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina. E-mail: jpricartebratti@gmail.com.
    • Medicina (B Aires). 2023 Jan 1; 83 (6): 939947939-947.

    AbstractThe complex, heterogeneous, and dynamic interaction between the interstitial and intravascular fluid compartments is one of the main reasons for the wide variability in the distribution and severity of congestion among patients with acute heart failure. The "hemodynamic congestion" often goes undetected clinically; as opposed to "clinical congestion", which occurs later and is evidenced by dyspnea and orthopnea, rales, peripheral edema, and jugular venous distension. Clinical signs, chest X-ray, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) or N-terminal-proBNP (NT-proBNP), central venous pressure (CVP), echocardiogram, inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter, and pulmonary wedge pressure are the most commonly used elements to assess congestion. Other alternatives are pulmonary and visceral ultrasound (VEXUS), CA 125 and other markers, and recently, the CardioMems system.

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