%0 Journal Article
%T Relevance of B-Lines on Lung Ultrasound in Volume Overload and Pulmonary Congestion: Clinical Correlations and Outcomes in Patients on Hemodialysis
%A Ahmed Mahgoub
%A Boutros Karam
%A Cara Brown
%A Devjani Das
%A Elias Moussaly
%A Elie El Charabaty
%A Emad Gobran
%A Jeanne Kamal
%A Marc M. Saad
%A Monica Kapoor
%A Morton J. Kleiner
%A Puja Singh
%A Ross Hardy
%A Saqib Hussen Abbasi
%A Seleshi Demissie
%A Suzanne E. El Sayegh
%A Wissam Mansour
%J Archive of "Cardiorenal Medicine".
%D 2018
%R 10.1159/000476000
%X Volume overload in patients on hemodialysis (HD) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular mortality. B-lines detected on lung ultrasound (BLUS) assess extravascular lung water. This raises interest in its utility for assessing volume status and cardiovascular outcomes
%K Volume overload
%K Hemodialysis
%K Lung ultrasound
%K Cardiovascular outcomes
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968278/