Echocardiography Tips in the Emergency Room

Masataka Sugahara; Tohru Masuyama

doi:10.1016/j.hfc.2019.12.003

Echocardiography Tips in the Emergency Room

Heart Fail Clin. 2020 Apr;16(2):167-175. doi: 10.1016/j.hfc.2019.12.003. Epub 2020 Jan 28.

Authors

Masataka Sugahara¹, Tohru Masuyama²

Affiliations

¹ JCHO Hoshigaoka Medical Center, 4-8-1 Hoshigaoka, Hirakata, Osaka 573-8511, Japan.
² JCHO Hoshigaoka Medical Center, 4-8-1 Hoshigaoka, Hirakata, Osaka 573-8511, Japan. Electronic address: tmasuyama-circ@umin.ac.jp.

PMID: 32143761
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2019.12.003

Abstract

The emergency room is a principal entrance for the initial management of patients with acute heart failure. Echocardiography may be performed by cardiologists and noncardiologists in the emergency room. Echocardiographic studies require effective technical skills and precise diagnostic knowledge. This article contributes to physicians in the emergency room, general practitioners in training, and medical staff who engage in emergency medicine. This article emphasized the role of echocardiography in light of pathophysiology of acute heart failure in the emergency room and refining the clinical workflow by integrating conventional and innovative knowledge for the initial management of acute heart failure.

Keywords: Doppler echocardiography; Echocardiography; Emergency room; Hemodynamics; Lung ultrasound.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Echocardiography / methods*
Emergency Medical Services / methods
Emergency Medical Services / standards
Heart Failure* / diagnosis
Heart Failure* / physiopathology
Hemodynamics
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging*