Rola, PhilippeMiralles-Aguiar, FranciscoArgaiz, EduardoBeaubien-Souligny, WilliamHaycock, KorbinKarimov, TimurDinh, Vi AmSpiegel, Rory2023-02-092023-02-092021-06-19http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18020The importance of functional right ventricular failure and resultant splanchnic venous congestion has long been under-appreciated and is difficult to assess by traditional physical examination and standard diagnostic imaging. The recent development of the venous excess ultrasound score (VExUS) and growth of point-of-care ultrasound in the last decade has made for a potentially very useful clinical tool. We review the rationale for its use in several pathologies and illustrate with several clinical cases where VExUS was pivotal in clinical management.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Congestive heart failureCongestive nephropathyPoint-of-care ultrasoundVExUS scoreVenous congestionresearch article34146184open access10.1186/s13089-021-00232-82524-8987PMC8214649https://theultrasoundjournal.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s13089-021-00232-8https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8214649/pdf