We have read with great interest the report of Yavasi et al [
[1]
] entitled “Monitoring the response to treatment of acute heart failure patients by
ultrasonographic inferior vena cava collapsibility index,” in which the authors explore
the role of sonographic measurements of inferior vena caval (IVC) diameters and inferior
vena caval–collapsibility index (IVC-CI) (ie, measurement of respiratory variation
of IVC diameter) in the monitoring of acute heart failure (AHF) therapy in the emergency
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: April 18, 2014
Accepted:
April 7,
2014
Received:
April 1,
2014
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