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Published in: Critical Care 6/2007

01-12-2007 | Letter

Tissue Doppler in critical illness

Authors: Michelle Chew, Lill Bergenzaun, Anders Ersson, Hans Öhlin

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 6/2007

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We applaud Sturgess and colleagues [1] for their report on tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) in critical illness. Although their patients were selected and transthoracic echocardiography was performed at variable times after intensive care unit admission, the results provide a glimpse into the use of TDI and have generated many hypotheses. Indeed, there is a paucity of data regarding TDI in the critically ill patient, and further studies evaluating echocardiographic parameters in this population are urgently needed. …
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Sturgess DJ, Marwick TH, Joyce CJ, Jones M, Venkatesh B: Tissue Doppler in critical illness: a retrospective cohort study. Crit Care 2007, 11: R97. 10.1186/cc6114PubMedCentralCrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
Tissue Doppler in critical illness
Authors
Michelle Chew
Lill Bergenzaun
Anders Ersson
Hans Öhlin
Publication date
01-12-2007
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 6/2007
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc6178

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