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Med Crit 2026; 40 (3)


Evaluación de la congestión venosa sistémica mediante ecocardiografía transesofágica (T-VExUS): descripción de la técnica desde la presentación de un caso

Calderón GJA

Idioma: Español
Referencias bibliográficas: 37
Paginas: 238-246
Archivo PDF: 3300.07 Kb.


RESUMEN

La congestión venosa sistémica es un factor de morbilidad y mortalidad en la insuficiencia cardiaca y otras condiciones críticas que pueden identificarse mediante ultrasonografía transtorácica y abdominal a través del protocolo VExUS con el objetivo de predecir el desarrollo de insuficiencia renal aguda después de cirugía cardiaca, entre otras utilidades, en el paciente de la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos a través del Doppler de las venas hepáticas, porta e intrarrenales. Los entornos en los que se utiliza varían, pero hay poca información a nivel mundial sobre este examen con ecocardiografía transesofágica (T-VExUS) como complemento al enfoque crítico del paciente en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos. Este artículo tiene el objetivo de mostrar, a través de un caso clínico, la técnica para su realización y sus posibles beneficios sobre el método tradicional.


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