Full Description
Echocardiography is the most powerful and cost-effective imaging technique for assessing patients suffering from unstable cardiovascular diseases. This didactically structured third edition of Emergency Echocardiography contains fully rewritten chapters by well-known, internationally recognized contributors. It includes new chapters on echo-guided patient management in the ICU, lung ultrasound, and complications of percutaneous interventions. Special attention is given to Focus Cardiac Ultrasound (FoCUS) in emergency settings. The book uses over 600 video loops of illustrative cases to interest a wide readership of all medical professionals involved in diagnostics and treatment of emergency cardiovascular patients.
Key Features
Covers the role of cardiac ultrasound in most cardiovascular emergencies and emergency settings
Offers clinically useful information to a wide range of medical professionals dealing with cardiovascular emergencies, including cardiologists, emergency physicians, anesthesiologists, intensivists, and related fellows
Features over 600 carefully chosen videos of illustrative cases with detailed explanations and highlights key decision management points
Contents
Preface to the third edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Contributors
Image and video contributors
Abbreviations
1. Emergency echocardiography: general considerations
2. Echocardiography in acute myocardial infarction
3. Echocardiography in complications of acute myocardial infarction
4. Echocardiography in acute heart failure and cardiogenic shock
5. Echocardiography and Focus Cardiac Ultrasound in cardiac arrest
6. Echocardiography in acute aortic dissection
7. Echocardiography in acute pulmonary embolism
8. Echocardiography in cardiac tamponade
9. Echocardiography in acute aortic insufficiency
10. Echocardiography in acute mitral regurgitation
11. Echocardiography in obstruction of native valves
12. Emergency echocardiography in patients with prosthetic valves
13. Echocardiography in detecting cardiac sources of embolism
14. Emergency intraoperative and postoperative echocardiography
15. Echocardiography in mechanical circulatory support
16. Echocardiography in chest trauma
17. Stress echocardiography in the emergency department
18. Handheld ultrasound devices in the emergency setting
19. Focus cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS)
20. Lung ultrasound in emergency cardiac care
21. Echocardiography-guided patient management in the intensive care unit
22. Echocardiography in complications of percutaneous interventions
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