FOCUS Pocket Guide: Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Study, 1st edition

2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 341
Author(s):  
John Fowler
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Ultrasound ◽  
Focused Cardiac Ultrasound ◽  
Ultrasound Study

scholarly journals One clot after another in COVID-19 patient: diagnostic utility of handheld echocardiogram

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gini Priyadharshini Jeyashanmugaraja ◽  
Evgeny Shloknik ◽  
Deborah Tosin Akanya ◽  
Kristin Stawiarski ◽  
Christopher Winterbottom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Right Ventricular ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Pressure Overload ◽  
Massive Pulmonary Embolism ◽  
Cardiac Ultrasound ◽  
Ventricular Dilation ◽  
Severe Respiratory Distress ◽  
Systemic Thrombolysis ◽  
Focused Cardiac Ultrasound ◽  
Right Ventricular Dilation

ABSTRACT A 63-year-old woman was admitted with severe respiratory distress requiring mechanical ventilation and shock requiring vasopressor support. She was found to have COVID-19 pneumonia. Focused cardiac ultrasound performed for evaluation of shock was significant for right ventricular dilation and dysfunction with signs of right ventricular pressure overload. Given worsening shock and hypoxemia systemic thrombolysis was administered for presumed massive pulmonary embolism with remarkable improvement of hemodynamics and respiratory failure. In next 24 h patient’s neurologic status deteriorated to the point of unresponsiveness. Emergent computed tomography showed multiple ischemic infarcts concerning for embolic etiology. Focused cardiac ultrasound with agitated saline showed large right to left shunt due to a patent foramen ovale. This was confirmed by transesophageal echocardiogram, 5 months later. This case highlights strengths of focused cardiac ultrasound in critical care setting and in patients with COVID-19 when access to other imaging modalities can be limited.

The Role of Early Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in a Not-So-Typical Presentation of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. e169-e173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jithin G. Varghese ◽  
Qurat-ul-ain Jelani ◽  
Stuart Zarich ◽  
Brooks Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Cardiac Ultrasound ◽  
Focused Cardiac Ultrasound

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 727-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Minardi ◽  
Tom Marshall ◽  
Greta Massey ◽  
Erin Setzer
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Ultrasound ◽  
Focused Cardiac Ultrasound

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodosios Saranteas ◽  
Fotios Panou
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Ultrasound ◽  
Focused Cardiac Ultrasound

Consensus Document of the SEMI, semFYC, SEN, and SEC on Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in Spain

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (11) ◽  
pp. 935-940
Author(s):  
Leopoldo Pérez de Isla ◽  
Santiago Díaz Sánchez ◽  
Jorge Pagola ◽  
Gonzalo García de Casasola Sánchez ◽  
Teresa López Fernández ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Ultrasound ◽  
Focused Cardiac Ultrasound ◽  
Consensus Document

Transthoracic echocardiography, sonoanatomy, and standard views

2019 ◽  
pp. 35-46
Author(s):  
Conn Russell
Keyword(s):  
Transthoracic Echocardiography ◽  
Image Acquisition ◽  
Diagnostic Information ◽  
Cardiac Ultrasound ◽  
Anatomical Structures ◽  
Focused Cardiac Ultrasound

This chapter will describe all the standard focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) views, including the anatomical structures one should expect to see and, importantly, how to obtain and optimize these images to extract the best diagnostic information. It will discuss the cardiac axis, probe handling, and pitfalls in image acquisition. The advanced section will introduce additional views, which are used in comprehensive echocardiography, because some are obtained inadvertently during FoCUS scanning and can be used to guide the operator back to standard views.

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