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May 2023

17m 23s

Aortic Pulsatility Index (API): Optimizi...

Eddy Joe Gutierrez, MD

About this episode

First of all, I apologize for the bad audio. This episode was lost until my buddy Haney Mallemat (@criticalcarenow) saved it.

Aortic pulsatility index (API) is a hemodynamic measurement being studied to predict clinical outcomes in heart failure & cardiogenic shock.

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