Evaluation of a modified venous excess ultrasound (VExUS) protocol for estimation of venous congestion: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding venous congestion is critical to the management of many illnesses, but assessing volume status can be challenging. The current gold standard for volume status assessment of right heart catheterization (RHC) is invasive, costly, and often unavailable. Venous Excess Ultrasound Score (VExUS) is a novel ultrasound protocol for to assessment of venous congestion using the inferior vena cava, hepatic, portal and renal veins. Though there is a much interest in the technique, the renal component of the exam is challenging to acquire. For this reason we aimed to see if a modified VExUS (mVExUS) excluding the kidney component performs similarly to traditional VExUS (tVExUS) for detecting elevated right atrial pressure (RAP) as measured by RHC.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Martin KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11748731 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature