How I Approach Weaning from Venoarterial ECMO

How I Approach Weaning from Venoarterial ECMO

Weaning from VA-ECMO remains a challenging but critically important step in device management. The key is to balance minimizing complications associated with device support with the potential for hemodynamic deterioration... read more

Practical Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Practical Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

A practical, full-color guide with videos, Practical Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography, 2nd Edition, by Drs. David Sidebotham, Alan F. Merry, Malcolm E. Leggett, and Mark L. Edwards, will help improve your diagnosis... read more

Spontaneous Echo Contrast in Venous Ultrasound of Severe COVID-19 Patients

Spontaneous Echo Contrast in Venous Ultrasound of Severe COVID-19 Patients

Initial reports have indicated a higher incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) compared to other critical illnesses. Helms et al. found pulmonary embolisms in 25%... read more

Implantation of Impella CP LV Assist Device Under the Guidance of 3D Intracardiac Echocardiography

Implantation of Impella CP LV Assist Device Under the Guidance of 3D Intracardiac Echocardiography

This translational study in ovine model confirms that three-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography is a feasible option to guide implantation of the Impella CP® for left ventricular mechanical support and should be considered... read more

POCUS for COVID-19

POCUS for COVID-19

This session peaked with 308 international participants logged on but many were watching in groups so likely to have been lots more tuned in! No longer Cinderella's ugly sister compared to Echo, lung ultrasound (LUS) is clearly... read more

First Case of COVID-19 Complicated With Fulminant Myocarditis

First Case of COVID-19 Complicated With Fulminant Myocarditis

COVID-19 patients may develop severe cardiac complications such as myocarditis and heart failure. This is the first report of COVID-19 complicated with fulminant myocarditis. The mechanism of cardiac pathology caused by COVID-19... read more

Comparison of Echocardiographic and Invasive Measures of Volaemia and Cardiac Performance in Critically Ill Patients

Comparison of Echocardiographic and Invasive Measures of Volaemia and Cardiac Performance in Critically Ill Patients

Static echocardiographic variables did not reliably reflect the volume state as defined by estimates of mean systemic filling pressure. There was no statistical or clinically robust relationship between static echocardiographic... read more

Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

This comprehensive textbook on the echocardiographic assessment of pediatric and congenital heart disease has been updated for a second edition with an emphasis on new technologies. This highly-illustrated full-color reference... read more

A CT Scanner in Your Pocket? Lung Ultrasonography Beats Chest Radiography

A CT Scanner in Your Pocket? Lung Ultrasonography Beats Chest Radiography

Lung ultrasound is still a relatively young diagnostic modality, but it is evolving and growing at a rapid pace. Harrison's manual of internal medicine deemed to it to be a "useless" modality as recently as 2001. Once... read more

Prognostication with Point-of-Care Echocardiography During Cardiac Arrest (ALS)

Prognostication with Point-of-Care Echocardiography During Cardiac Arrest (ALS)

This topic was prioritized by the ALS Task Force based on the high prevalence of point-of-care echocardiography during cardiac arrest without recognizing the potential pitfalls for misinterpretation as an adjunct prognostic... read more

TAPSE Has Superior Predictive Value vs. RV/LV Ratio in Normotensive Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism

TAPSE Has Superior Predictive Value vs. RV/LV Ratio in Normotensive Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) is an indicator of poor prognosis in normotensive patients with acute pulmonary embolism (APE). The aim of this study was to compare right ventricular (RV)/left ventricular (LV) ratio measured... read more

Comparison of Echocardiographic Indices of RVEF in Critically Ill Patients

Comparison of Echocardiographic Indices of RVEF in Critically Ill Patients

Though echocardiographic evaluation assesses the right ventricular systolic function, which of the existing parameters best reflects the right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) in the critically ill patients is still uncertain.... read more

Echocardiographic Assessment of LV Diastolic Pressure

Echocardiographic Assessment of LV Diastolic Pressure

The ever-increasing trend toward noninvasive monitoring puts echocardiography at the forefront and considerable effort has been made to define its role in this setting. Invasive pressure measurement is the only accurate... read more

Measuring Cardiac Output at the Bedside

Measuring Cardiac Output at the Bedside

The purpose of this review is to review the importance of cardiac output (CO) or stroke volume (SV) measurement and to discuss the various methods (devices) used in determination of CO. Bedside cardiac output measurement... read more