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ecj-8817	Colombo, Livio; Panizzardi, Francesco; Rusconi, Irene; Roncoroni, Anna; Bergamaschi, Marta; Macheda, Alfredo	Can Left ventricular outflow tract aortic velocity time integral guide fluid resuscitation in septic patients? - A case report	2020	4	.pdf	application/pdf	2560	106	53	If we had based our hemodynamic evaluation only on clinical exam and clinical parameters, we could have taken a different way to treat this patient, probably using more fluids and therefore worsening the condition of heart failure: this is a critical issue especially in septic patients, considering that up to 60% of them suffer from myocardial depression9 although its clinical meaning is still subject of debating.10 Conclusions In selected cases in ED, in which there could be different caus- es of instability induced by a modification of two or more between vascular tone, cardiac function and volemia, we think that the use of LVOT-VTI as we showed in this case report, could be an useful tool for ED physician, partly thanks to its reproducibility and sim- ple use, but mostly because it could guide the clinician to better understand the pathophysiology behind the single case and moni- tor adequately patients’ response to therapy. How to calculate cardiac output using aortic VTI.	cache/ecj-8817.pdf	txt/ecj-8817.txt