Point-of-care ultrasonography (PoCUS) is increasingly employed in a variety of clinical settings such as emergency departments and critical care units. A part of PoCUS is point-of-care echocardiography which may be employed to provide rapid diagnosis for cardiorespiratory failure, elucidate causes of...
the medical technician does a thorough exam of your fetus's anatomy — counting and inspecting limbs; measuring head and bone size; and looking at facial features, internal organs, and structures such as the brain, heart, kidneys, bladder...
Echocardiography is increasingly used in the management of the critically ill patient as a non-invasive diagnostic and monitoring tool. Whilst in few countries specialized national training schemes for intensive care unit (ICU) echocardiography have been developed, specific guidelines for ICU physicians wi...
Heart diseases Heart Transesophageal echocardiography Cardiac imaging techniques Dear Dr. Mario Loukas, 1. Introduction Cardiac ultrasound, often referred to as echocardiography, has been integrated into the functional cardiac evaluation of cardiovascular disease. Although a very basic imaging modality, it pr...
Physical examination has been the mainstay for the point-of-care diagnosis of cardiovascular disease for centuries. Despite reports on the limitations of physical examination using the stethoscope 1, 2 and the surge of imaging devices that can visualize the heart in real-time and augment the physi...
Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of examining the fetal heart with Tomographic Ultrasound Imaging (TUI) using four-dimensional (4D) volume datasets acquired with spatiotemporal image correlation (STIC). Material a
Calculation of the stroke volume (SV) and cardiac output (CO) by transthoracic echocardiography in a critically ill patient without hemodynamic compromise. LVOT: left ventricular outflow tract; d: diameter; CSA: cross-sectional area; VTI: velocity–time integral; HR: heart rate Full size image ...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the learning curve achieved using a theoretical and practical training program designed to enable pediatric intensivists and emergency physicians to conduct targeted echocardiograms. Methods Theoretical and practical training sessions were conducted with 16 pediatric ...
which prevents heart failure development after AMI [3,4]. However, the insufficient homing of intravenously injected stem cells at the site of myocardial ischemia remains a major problem [5,6]. Therefore, the improvement of stem cell homing is a constant challenge in the field of stem cell tr...
Information obtained using ultrasound can often direct the management of injured patients. As an ultrasound study can be performed safely in the resuscitation room, intensive care unit, or operating room, this technology is appropriate for use even in unstable patients. Over the past several decades...