title: [Echocardiography - hemodynamically focused echocardiography].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Göpfert
authors.forename: Heinrich Volker
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Groesdonk
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans