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Andrei S, Bahr PA, Alissant M, Saccu M, Nguyen M, Popescu BA, Bouhemad B, Guinot PG. Pulsatile Femoral Vein Doppler Pattern is a Parameter of Venous Congestion in ICU Patients. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2024; 38:1361-1368. [PMID: 38555215 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate if the presence of a pulsatile femoral vein pattern is an indicator of venous congestion in the intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN Retrospective observational study. SETTING Three medico-surgical university-affiliated ICUs. PARTICIPANTS Adult patients who had an ultrasound evaluation at several time points during their ICU stay: at baseline (within 24 hours of admission to ICU), daily during their ICU stay, and within 24 hours before ICU discharge. INTERVENTIONS At each time point, the hemodynamic, respiratory, and cardiac ultrasound parameters were recorded. The common femoral vein was studied with pulsed-wave Doppler at the level of the femoral trigonum, with high frequency (5-13 MHz) linear array vascular probe and venous vascular mode, in supine patients. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS One hundred eight patients who underwent 400 ultrasound evaluations (3.7 ± 1 ultrasound evaluations per patient) during their ICU stay were included. Seventy-nine of 108 patients (73%) had a pulsatile femoral vein pattern at least at 1 time point. The multivariable mixed effects logistic regression model demonstrated an association among pulsatile femoral vein pattern, body mass index (OR: 0.91[95% CI 0.85-0.96], p = 0.002), inferior vena cava mean diameter (OR: 2.35 [95% CI 1.18-4.66], p = 0.014), portal vein pulsatility (OR: 2.3 [95% CI 1.2-4.4], p = 0.012), and congestive renal vein flow pattern (OR: 4.02 [95% CI 2.01-8.03], p < 0.001). The results were confirmed by principal component analysis. CONCLUSION In the ICU, a pulsatile femoral vein pattern is associated with parameters of venous congestion, independently of the patient's volume status, and ventilatory treatment. These results suggest the femoral vein Doppler pulsatility as a parameter of congestion in ICU patients.
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- Stefan Andrei
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dijon University Medical Centre, Dijon, France; University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dijon University Medical Centre, Dijon, France; University of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dijon University Medical Centre, Dijon, France
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- Vascular Medicine Unit, Dijon University Medical Centre, Dijon, France
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dijon University Medical Centre, Dijon, France; University of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania; Department of Cardiology, Euroecolab, Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases "Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu", Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dijon University Medical Centre, Dijon, France; University of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dijon University Medical Centre, Dijon, France; University of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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Dias NH, Gomes DR, de Oliveira ACT, Pellegrini JAS, Boniatti MM. Prognostic value of Doppler waveform analysis of common femoral vein in septic patients: a prospective cohort study. J Ultrasound 2023; 26:871-877. [PMID: 37603258 PMCID: PMC10632248 DOI: 10.1007/s40477-023-00819-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assess whether there is an association between abnormal common femoral vein (CFV) Doppler waveform and intensive care unit (ICU) mortality in patients with sepsis. METHODS Patients admitted to the ICU with sepsis were included. Pulsed-wave Doppler was performed by examining the CFV in the short axis without angle correction and in the long axis with angle correction. An abnormal CFV Doppler waveform was determined by a retrograde velocity peak (RVP) > 10 cm/s in the long axis or RVP > 50% of the antegrade velocity peak in the short axis. TAPSE < 17 mm was defined as right ventricular (RV) dysfunction. The primary outcome was ICU mortality. RESULTS One hundred and ten patients were included. There was no association between abnormal CFV Doppler waveforms in the long (p = 0.709) and short axes (p = 0.171) and ICU mortality. TAPSE measurements were performed in 16 patients. RV dysfunction was identified in 8 (50.0%) patients. There was no association between the diagnosis of RV dysfunction based on TAPSE measurement and the identification of abnormal CFV Doppler waveforms in the long axis (p = 1.000) and in the short axis (p = 1.000). CONCLUSION Abnormal CFV Doppler waveforms were not associated with ICU mortality in patients with sepsis. Furthermore, in the exploratory analysis, these alterations were not useful in identifying RV dysfunction in these patients.
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- Nathalia Helbig Dias
- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
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O'Donnell C, Sanchez PA, Celestin B, McConnell MV, Haddad F. The Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Right Heart: Current and Future Advances. Curr Cardiol Rep 2023; 25:1883-1896. [PMID: 38041726 DOI: 10.1007/s11886-023-02001-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To discuss physiologic and methodologic advances in the echocardiographic assessment of right heart (RH) function, including the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and point-of-care ultrasound. RECENT FINDINGS Recent studies have highlighted the prognostic value of right ventricular (RV) longitudinal strain, RV end-systolic dimensions, and right atrial (RA) size and function in pulmonary hypertension and heart failure. While RA pressure is a central marker of right heart diastolic function, the recent emphasis on venous excess imaging (VExUS) has provided granularity to the systemic consequences of RH failure. Several methodological advances are also changing the landscape of RH imaging including post-processing 3D software to delineate the non-longitudinal (radial, anteroposterior, and circumferential) components of RV function, as well as AI segmentation- and non-segmentation-based quantification. Together with recent guidelines and advances in AI technology, the field is shifting from specific RV functional metrics to integrated RH disease-specific phenotypes. A modern echocardiographic evaluation of RH function should focus on the entire cardiopulmonary venous unit-from the venous to the pulmonary arterial system. Together, a multi-parametric approach, guided by physiology and AI algorithms, will help define novel integrated RH profiles for improved disease detection and monitoring.
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- Christian O'Donnell
- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Gourdeau S, Beaubien-Souligny W, Denault AY. Point-of-Care Ultrasound in an Unstable Patient After Cardiac Surgery. Chest 2022; 162:e325-e330. [PMID: 36494134 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.12.675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Simon Gourdeau
- Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Nephrology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada; Intensive Care Unit, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Hammoud A, Saade E, Jarry S, Baelen S, Couture EJ, Beaubien-Souligny W, Denault AY. Pulsatile Femoral Vein Doppler and Congestive Delirium, What Is the Relationship?: A Case Report. A A Pract 2022; 16:e01627. [PMID: 36599030 DOI: 10.1213/xaa.0000000000001627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Delirium is common in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, and venous congestion has been reported as an important risk factor. We report a 69-year-old patient who developed postoperative delirium in the intensive care unit following aortic valve replacement surgery. The postoperative course was complicated by delirium for which echographic signs of venous congestion on the portal and the renal but also the femoral veins and their resolution correlated with the course of delirium. The use of common femoral vein Doppler as a simple bedside technique to predict and identify congestive delirium has not been reported before.
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- Ali Hammoud
- From the Department of Nursing, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Medicine, Intensive Care Unit and Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Biomedical Science Program
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- Biomedical Science Program.,Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Pharmacology Program, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- From the Department of Nursing, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Medicine, Intensive Care Unit and Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Nephrology Division, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Intensive Care Unit and Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Division of Critical Care, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Knight J, Gelzinis TA. Downstream Effects: Promise and Challenges of Femoral Vein Pulsatility Assessment. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2021; 35:2528-2529. [PMID: 33992525 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.03.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Joshua Knight
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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