Assessment of Right Ventricular Function With CT and Echocardiography in Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Changes in right ventricular size and function are frequently observed in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. The majority of patients who receive venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation undergo chest CT and transthoracic echocardiography. The aims of this study were to compare the use of CT and transthoracic echocardiography to evaluate the right ventricular function and to determine the prevalence of acute cor pulmonale in this patient population.

Design

Observational, retrospective, single-center, cohort study.

Setting

Severe respiratory failure and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation center.

Patients

About 107 patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome managed with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxyg

SUBMITTER: Vogel DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7901809 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature