Based on the previously published international evidence-based recommendations for focused cardiac ultrasound, aim of this paper is to provide a possible approach to the complementary application of TTE and TOE in hemodynamically unstable patients. Thereby the cardiac ultrasound examination is centered on the search of an answer or solution to a clinically relevant question or problem and does not replace an all-encompassing examination performed by cardiologists.
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