[Echocardiography at the emergency room].
The potential utility of the echocardiography in the assessment and management of patients in the emergency room is wide-ranging and encompasses the spectrum of cardiac problems encountered in clinical cardiology. We describe the utility of the technique in the evaluation of patients with pericardial effusion; cardiac tamponade; and also in intracardiac thrombus.
Vargas Barrón
Jesús
J
Departamento de Ecocardiografía, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, INCICH, Juan Badiano No. 1 Col. Sección XVI, Tlalpan 14080 México, D.F.
D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography