Emergency and Prophylactic ECMO for Patients Undergoing Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation with Small Surgical Bioprosthesis

Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) using veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is widely implemented as a rescue device in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Although prophylactic... read more

Correlation of Common Carotid Artery Blood Flow Parameters With TTE-CO for Assessing Fluid Responsiveness After PLR Test in Critically Ill Patients

Correlation of Common Carotid Artery Blood Flow Parameters With TTE-CO for Assessing Fluid Responsiveness After PLR Test in Critically Ill Patients

The passive leg raising (PLR) test is a simple, non-invasive method of knowing fluid responsiveness by acting as an internal-fluid challenge. The PLR test coupled with a non-invasive assessment of stroke volume would be the... read more

Cardiovascular Subphenotypes in ARDS

Cardiovascular Subphenotypes in ARDS

Latent class analysis (LCA) of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) parameters identified four cardiovascular subphenotypes in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that more closely aligned with circulatory failure... read more

A Novel Anatomic Landmark to Target the LV During Chest Compressions in Cardiac Arrest

A Novel Anatomic Landmark to Target the LV During Chest Compressions in Cardiac Arrest

A novel area of compression over the left sternal border at the inter-nipple line would result in compressions over the LV in nearly three-quarters of our study participants. Future research should investigate whether... 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

What is the lowest change in cardiac output that transthoracic echocardiography can detect?

In critically ill patients, changes in the velocity-time integral (VTI) of the left ventricular outflow tract, measured by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), are often used to non-invasively assess the response to fluid... read more

Guidelines for Point-of-Care Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation

Guidelines for Point-of-Care Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation

In patients with cardiac arrest, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) may provide greater benefits than transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) for imaging, diagnosis, and prognosis, according to a review paper published in... read more