Neskovic Aleksandar N., Flachskampf Frank A., Picard Michael H. (eds.) Emergency Echocardiography

2nd edition. — CRC Press, 2017. — 275 p. — ISBN: 978-1482243857Echocardiography is the most cost-effective and versatile imaging technique for assessing patients suffering from unstable cardiovascular diseases. Since 2005, emergency echocardiography has been recognized as a specific field, with particular implications to education, training, and reporting. Emergency Echocardiography covers the topic and completely updates existing chapters. This second edition utilizes a user friendly new pedagogy and contains new topics of interest to the widening readership from professionals from various specialties, e.g. cardiologists, emergency physicians, anesthesiologists, intensivists and fellows. New chapters address emerging topics, including training and educational requirements and provides online learning materials that comprise more than 450 video loops and illustrative case scenarios.Emergency Echocardiography: General Considerations
Echocardiography in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Echocardiography in Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Echocardiography in Acute Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock
Echocardiography in Cardiac Arrest
Echocardiography in Acute Aortic Dissection
Echocardiography in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Echocardiography in Cardiac Tamponade
Echocardiography in Acute Aortic Insufficiency
Echocardiography in Acute Mitral Regurgitation
Echocardiography in Obstruction of Native Valves
Emergency Echocardiography in Patients with Prosthetic Valves
Echocardiography in Detecting Cardiac Sources of Embolism
Emergency Intraoperative Echocardiography
Echocardiography in Mechanical Circulatory Assistance
Echocardiography in Chest Trauma
Stress Echocardiography in the Emergency Room
Pocket-Size Imaging Devices in the Emergency Setting
Focused Cardiac Ultrasound (FoCUS)