Peripheral Venous Pressure Measurements in Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (PVP-HF) [Original Articles]

Conclusions
In patients with acute heart failure syndromes, a simple assessment of PVP demonstrates a high correlation with CVP. These findings suggest that PVP may be useful in the standard bedside clinical assessment of volume status in these patients to help guide decongestive therapy.

Source: Circulation: Heart Failure - July 10, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Sperry, B. W., Campbell, J., Yanavitski, M., Kapadia, S., Tang, W. H. W., Hanna, M. Tags: Hemodynamics, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure Original Articles Source Type: research