Point-of-care ultrasound in nephrology: A private practice viewpoint

Figure 9 Point-of-care ultrasound images demonstrating stigmata of elevated cardiac filling pressures at the time of nephrology consult. A: Interventricular septal flattening (arrowhead) on parasternal short axis cardiac view suggestive of elevated right heart pressures; B: B-lines on lung ultrasound (arrowheads); C: Increased portal vein pulsatility > 50% (asterisks represent highest and lowest points in one cardiac cycle); D and E: Represent follow up examination. Normal horizontal A-lines seen on lung ultrasound (D), improved portal vein pulsatility (E).