Echocardiographic imaging is ideally suited for the evaluation of cardiac mechanics
because of its intrinsically dynamic nature. Because for decades, echocardiography has …

Background Focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) is a simplified, clinician-performed
application of echocardiography that is rapidly expanding in use, especially in emergency …

Guidelines for the Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Heart in Adults: A Report
from the American Society of Echocardiography - Journal of the American Society of …

The rapid technological developments of the past decade and the changes in
echocardiographic practice brought about by these developments have resulted in the need …

The role of venous congestion in abnormal kidney function is being increasingly recognized.
It is well known that unresolved congestion is associated with adverse kidney and overall …

The use of ultrasound has developed over the last 50 years into an indispensable first-line
test for the cardiac evaluation of symptomatic patients. The technologic miniaturization and …

Rationale: Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography is recommended for screening for the
presence of pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, some recent studies have suggested …

Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) is a safe and rapidly evolving diagnostic modality
that is now utilized by health care professionals from nearly all specialties. Technological …

Introduction To investigate whether respiratory variation of inferior vena cava diameter
(cIVC) predict fluid responsiveness in spontaneously breathing patients with acute …

Introduction We have almost no information concerning the value of inferior vena cava (IVC)
respiratory variations in spontaneously breathing ICU patients (SBP) to predict fluid …