TY - JOUR AU - Papaioannou, Vasilios E. AU - Stakos, Dimitrios A. AU - Dragoumanis, Christos K. AU - Pneumatikos, Ioannis A. PY - 2010 DA - 2010/05/17 TI - Relation of tricuspid annular displacement and tissue Doppler imaging velocities with duration of weaning in mechanically ventilated patients with acute pulmonary edema JO - BMC Cardiovascular Disorders SP - 20 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - Liberation from the ventilator is a difficult task, whereas early echocardiographic indices of weaning readiness are still lacking. The aim of this study was to test whether tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) and right ventricular (RV) systolic (Sm) and diastolic (Em & Am) tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) velocities are related with duration of weaning in mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory failure due to acute pulmonary edema (APE). SN - 1471-2261 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-10-20 DO - 10.1186/1471-2261-10-20 ID - Papaioannou2010 ER -