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Cardiac Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit: Point-of-Care Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography

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The following chapter is a summary of cardiac ultrasound in the intensive care unit. Imaging from basic transthoracic (TTE) to transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) will be outlined. The first section contains a review the physics directly related to cardiac imaging, including the transducers, presets (or exam types), and Doppler assessments needed for cardiac imaging. With this as a basis, focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS) is summarized. This section includes a discussion of the history of the basic echo, and a technical description of the four windows of TTE. The limited transthoracic exam (LTTE) and indications for FOCUS are also discussed. The sections on basic echo are followed a description of hemodynamic or quantative TTE, and an overview of TEE.

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  1. Department of Surgery, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, 21201-1595, Baltimore, MD, USA

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  2. Department of Trauma Anesthesiology, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, 21201-1595, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Glaser, J., Conti, B., Murthi, S. (2015). Cardiac Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit: Point-of-Care Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography. In: Ferrada, P. (eds) Ultrasonography in the ICU. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11876-5_3

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