Corrected flow time: a noninvasive ultrasound measure to detect preload reduction by nitroglycerin
Pare JR, Liu R, Moore CL, Safdar B. Corrected flow time: a noninvasive ultrasound measure to detect preload reduction by nitroglycerin. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2016, 34: 1859-1862. PMID: 27431739, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.06.077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdministration of nitroglycerinIntravascular volume statusPreload reductionVolume statusPatient's intravascular volume statusProspective cohort studyChest pain centerDiastolic blood pressureBeats/minMean heart rateReliable noninvasive measureIntraclass correlation coefficientCardiac evaluationPain centerCohort studyBlood pressureSublingual nitroglycerinDoppler measurementsHeart rateInvasive measuresNitroglycerinNoninvasive measureUltrasound measuresAdministrationSpectral Doppler measurements