Lung Comet tail artefact in diagnosis and monitoring of pulmonary congestion in patients with sistolic and diastolic Heart Failure

Purpose: Heart Failure (HF) is a growing public health problem. Pulmonary congestion is useful marker of decompensate congestive heart failure (CHF). The aim was to study the importance of Lung “Comet tail” artefact in diagnosis and monitoring of Pulmonary Congestion in patients with different types Heart Failure. Material and methods: We studied 430 patients with II-IV NYHA class HF. 338 Patients have Systolic Heart Failure (SHF), 92 patient – HF with preserved systolic function (DHF), 70 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 155 patients with heart diseases, without HF (control). Lung…