Intensive Care Unit-acquired Heart Failure in Critically Ill: the ICU-HF Study

"Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is a non-invasive method for assessing cardiac morphology and function. As part of the study protocol, TTE will be performed at the time of study inclusion (within the first 24 hours after ICU admission), on day 3, day 7, and day 14, followed by weekly assessments (until discharge from the ICU), as well as on the day of planned ICU or hospital discharge.~To verify skeletal muscle mass in relation to myocardial mass and its changes over the course of the ICU stay, bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) will be performed at the time points mentioned above."