Introduction This narrative review focusing on critical care echocardiography (CCE) has
been written by a group of experts in the field, with the aim of outlining the state of the art in …

Transesophageal echocardiography appears well suited for the determination of cardiac
index and to track its variations after therapeutic interventions. Although repeated …

Objectives: To define best practice standards for mitral valve repair surgery. Design:
Development of standards for process and outcome by consensus. Setting: Multidisciplinary …

Die erneute Aktualisierung der Leitlinie beinhaltete wiederum eine erneute systematische
Literaturrecherche nach den gleichen Vorgaben, die den Zeitraum von November 2009 bis …

Echocardiography has been widely adopted as a diagnostic and monitoring tool in cardiac
anaesthesia and critical care. There is considerable interest in how echocardiography could …

Ever since Lewis Fry Richardson, an English physicist, registered a patent for the acoustic
echolocation of objects in water in 1912, ultrasound has proved an invaluable technology …

Objective: To establish agreement among nationwide experts through a Delphi process on
the key components of perioperative ultrasound and the recommended minimum number of …

La ecocardiografía es sin dudas uno de los principales avances en el campo de la
cardiología, al permitir evaluar en tiempo real elementos de la anatomía y funcionamiento …

Die Erstellung der Leitlinie erfolgte in thematischer Abgrenzung zu den Leitlinien-
Arbeitskreisen Transfusionsmedizin, Sepsis und perioperative Nierenfunktion. Die …

Perioperative echocardiography enables direct visualization of the chambers of the heart, its
valves, and the major connecting vessels (aorta, pulmonary artery, pulmonary veins, and …