Sarti Armando, Lorini F. Luca (eds.) Textbook of Echocardiography for Intensivists and Emergency Physicians

2nd edition. — Springer, 2019. — 567 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-99890-9The second edition of this superbly illustrated book equips practitioners with all the information that they will require in order to perform echocardiography appropriately and to interpret findings correctly. After clear exposition of fundamentals of the examination technique via both the transthoracic and the transesophageal approach, the functional anatomy of all normal and pathologic thoracic structures as observed on echocardiography is presented in detail. A wide range of basic and advanced applications of echocardiography in the emergency, perioperative, and intensive care settings are then described. A final supplementary section considers further applications of ultrasound in the ICU, such as in patients with respiratory failure, trauma, or venous thrombosis. This edition has been extensively revised and updated and includes entirely new chapters on various techniques and applications. It will be a tremendous aid to current best practice for all intensivists, emergency physicians, and anesthesiologists who intend to use echocardiography and ultrasound for diagnosis and guidance of optimal management in the critically ill.Ultrasound and Use of the Echo Machine
Essential Physics of Ultrasound and Use of the Ultrasound Machine
Standard Echocardiographic Examination
Ultrasound Morphology of the Heart: Transthoracic Examination
Transthoracic Echocardiography in the ICU: The Patient Who Is Difficult to Study
Ultrasound Morphology of the Heart: Transesophageal Examination
Three-Dimensional Echocardiography
Speckle Tracking Echocardiography (STE) for Left and Right Ventricles
Essential Functional Echo-Anatomy
The Left Ventricle: Frequent Imaging in ICU Patients
The Right Ventricle and Pulmonary Artery: Frequent Imaging in ICU Patients
Left and Right Atria: Frequent Imaging in ICU Patients
Pericardium and Pericardial Disease
The Aorta: Frequent Imaging in ICU Patients
The Vena Cava’s and the Great Vessels Ultrasound
Ischemia and Myocardial Infarction
The Cardiomyopathies
Cor Pulmonale and Pulmonary Hypertension
Mitral Valve
Aortic Valve
Tricuspid and Pulmonary Valves
Endocarditis
Prosthetic Valve Evaluation
Cardiac Tumors and Masses
Congenital Septal Abnormalities in The Adult Patient
Essential Pediatric Echocardiography
Echocardiography in the ICU and OR: Basic and Advanced Applications
Echocardiographic History, Echocardiographic Monitoring, and Goal-Directed, Focus-Oriented, and Comprehensive Examination
Echocardiography in the ICU and OR: Basic and Advanced Applications
General Hemodynamic Assessment
Contrast Echocardiography in the ICU and OR
Echo-Guided Therapy of Myocardial Ischemia
Hypovolemia and Fluid Responsiveness
ARDS, Mechanical Ventilation, and Weaning
Hypotension
Suspicion of Pulmonary Embolism
Suspicion of Acute Aortic Diseases
Chest Pain
Acute Dyspnea
Unexplained Hypoxemia
Sepsis and Septic Shock
Chest Trauma
Acute Atrial Fibrillation and Other Arrhythmias
Ultrasound-Guided Nursing
Multiorgan Donor and Transplanted Patient
New-Onset Cardiac Murmur in the Unstable Patient
ICU Echocardiography and Noninvasive Haemodynamic Monitoring
Arterial Ventricular Coupling (AVC)
Non-cardiac Surgery: Perioperative Echocardiography and Lung Echography
Perioperative Echocardiography for Aortic Procedures
Obstetric Echocardiography
Ultrasound in the ICU: Other Applications
Echocardiography and Advanced Life Support
Ultrasound-Guided Central and Peripheral Vein Cannulation
Essential Ultrasound for Venous Thrombosis
Lung and Pleural Ultrasonography in Emergency and Intensive Care
Ultrasound and Morbidly Obese Patient
Ultrasound Exam Approach in Trauma Patients
Color Duplex Ultrasonography in the Study of the Stenosis of Renal Arteries
Ultrasound for Percutaneous Tracheostomy
Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography in Emergency and Intensive Care
Ultrasonography of the Optic Nerve
Muscle Ultrasound for the ICU Patient
Fever of Unknown Origin and Ultrasound
US-Guided Regional Analgesia in the ICU