A brand new series from Oxford University Press, the Oxford Clinical Imaging Guides are specifically designed to help doctors master imaging techniques. Each guide explains the principles and practice of using imaging in an easy-to-read, highly-illustrated, and authoritative manner.

Acute and Critical Care Echocardiography is the first practical guide dedicated to helping doctors use transthoracic echocardiography to manage acutely and critically ill patients. The book provides readers with a grounding in theoretical evidence-based aspects of critical care echocardiography.

Expert authors help the reader apply this knowledge on a daily basis via clear step-by-step techniques and a focus on problem-solving and safe practice.

The book is mapped to the new accreditation syllabus in Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography set by the British Society of Echocardiography, ensuring that it is relevant to professional standards and teaches doctors exactly what they need to know. Self-assessment questions help readers retain

what they have learned and revise for exams.

An essential day-to-day reference and interactive guide, this unique book should never be far from the critical care medic’s side.

Contents
Abbreviations xi
Contributors xiii
Digital media accompanying the book xv
1. The subspecialty practice of critical care echocardiography 1
2. The left ventricle in critical illness 17
3. Interpretation and implication of diastolic dysfunction in
critically ill patients 53
4. The right ventricle in critical illness 71
5. Valve disease in critical illness 93
6. The pericardium 123
7. Volume assessment and fluid responsiveness 143
8. Field guide to critical care echocardiography 159
Appendix 1 Answers to multiple choice questions 171
Index 173