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Transthoracic echocardiography to evaluate the superior vena cava in critically ill patients: window description and pilot study

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  1. Unidad de Pacientes críticos, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Diego Ugalde

  2. Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Ambroise Paré University Hospital, APHP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France

    Pierre-Alexandre Haruel, Mathieu Godement, Amélie Prigent & Antoine Vieillard-Baron

  3. UFR Des Sciences de La Santé Simone Veil, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Versailles, France

    Pierre-Alexandre Haruel, Mathieu Godement, Amélie Prigent & Antoine Vieillard-Baron

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Supplementary video 1: Window capture in real time motion, ascending aorta and superior vena cava are identified (WMV 686 kb)

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Supplementary video 2: Central venous catheter in superior vena cava can be seen during respiratory and cardiac movements (WMV 3106 kb)

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Ugalde, D., Haruel, PA., Godement, M. et al. Transthoracic echocardiography to evaluate the superior vena cava in critically ill patients: window description and pilot study. Intensive Care Med 45, 1052–1054 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05621-1

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