Preface to the third edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Contributors
Image and video contributors
Abbreviations
1. Emergency echocardiography: general considerations
Ivan Stankovic, Andreas Hagendorff and Aleksandar N. Neskovic
2. Echocardiography in acute myocardial infarction
Aleksandar N. Neskovic, Leonardo Bolognese and Michael H. Picard
3. Echocardiography in complications of acute myocardial infarction
Aleksandar N. Neskovic, Predrag M. Milicevic and Michael H. Picard
4. Echocardiography in acute heart failure and cardiogenic shock
Sean P. Murphy and Michael H. Picard
5. Echocardiography and Focus Cardiac Ultrasound in cardiac arrest
Hatem Soliman-Aboumarie, Christopher Shirley, Gregory M. Scalia and Henry Skinner
6. Echocardiography in acute aortic dissection
Tomasz Baron and Frank A. Flachskampf
7. Echocardiography in acute pulmonary embolism
Piotr Pruszczyk, Katarzyna Kurnicka and Adam Torbicki
8. Echocardiography in cardiac tamponade
Mauro Pepi, Gloria Tamborini, and Manuela Muratori
9. Echocardiography in acute aortic insufficiency
Emily K. Zern and Michael H. Picard
10. Echocardiography in acute mitral regurgitation
Tomasz Baron and Frank A. Flachskampf
11. Echocardiography in obstruction of native valves
Emily K. Zern and Michael H. Picard
12. Emergency echocardiography in patients with prosthetic valves
Mauro Pepi and Frank A. Flachskampf
13. Echocardiography in detecting cardiac sources of embolism
Maria Joao Andrade and Justiaan Swanevelder
14. Emergency intraoperative and postoperative echocardiography
Patrick Collier, Zoran B. Popovic and Brian P. Griffin
15. Echocardiography in mechanical circulatory support
David G. Platts and Gregory M. Scalia
16. Echocardiography in chest trauma
Gregory M. Scalia and Agatha Y. Kwon
17. Stress echocardiography in the emergency department
Quirino Ciampi, Georges Athanassopoulos and Eugenio Picano
18. Handheld ultrasound devices in the emergency setting
Ivan Stankovic and Nuno Cardim
19. Focus cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS)
Guido Tavazzi, Costanza Natalia Julia Colombo and Gabriele Via
20. Lung ultrasound in emergency cardiac care
Luna Gargani
21. Echocardiography-guided patient management in the intensive care unit
Valentino Dammassa, Guido Tavazzi and Susanna Price
22. Echocardiography in complications of percutaneous interventions
Fabian Knebel, Nicolas Merke, Elena Romero Dorta and Sebastian Spethmann
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