A 62-year-old woman with acute decompensated heart failure (NYHA Class IV, pulmonary edema) on chronic furosemide is admitted to the ICU. She is hypotensive (SBP 92 mmHg) and oligouric. Before escalating to inotropic support, which investigation is most appropriate to differentiate the underlying hemodynamic state?

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