Focused cardiac ultrasound in the emergent setting: a consensus statement of the American Society of Echocardiography and American College of Emergency Physicians.
The use of ultrasound has developed over the last 50 years into an indispensable first-line test for the cardiac evaluation of symptomatic patients. The technologic miniaturization and improvement in transducer technology, as well as the implementation of educational curriculum changes in residency training programs and specialty practice, have facilitated the integration of focused cardiac ultrasound into practice by specialties such as emergency medicine. In the emergency department, focused cardiac ultrasound has become a fundamental tool to expedite the diagnostic evaluation of the patient at the bedside and to initiate emergent treatment and triage decisions by the emergency physician.
St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Arthur J
AJ
Labovitz
Vicki E
VE
Noble
Michelle
M
Bierig
Steven A
SA
Goldstein
Robert
R
Jones
Smadar
S
Kort
Thomas R
TR
Porter
Kirk T
KT
Spencer
Vivek S
VS
Tayal
Kevin
K
Wei
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