Abstract
Acute heart failure (AHF) is a common clinical emergency characterized
by pulmonary edema, with rapid progression and poor prognosis. In the
past, clinicians mostly used physical examination, chest radiography
(CXR) and brain-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) for diagnosis and
evaluation of the treatment effects of AHF, but their application is
limited due to the long duration and low sensitivity and specificity.
Recently, lung ultrasound (LUS) is found to be a simple, fast and
effective approach to detect pulmonary edema and diagnose AHF. Here we
aimed to provide a review on the use of LUS in management of AHF, which
focused on the application of LUS in diagnosis, treatment and prognosis
of AHF