This atlas covers the basics of ultrasound physics, provides the necessary background to successfully perform TEE and TTE procedures, and provides tips and tricks that will prove invaluable in the critical care environment. It also features an abundance of high quality photographs, illustrations and videos as well as numerous case studies to test the reader's ability to apply knowledge to real-life clinical situations. 

Written by experts in the field, The Atlas of Critical Care Echocardiography is a concise, visual guide designed for use by all physicians who see cardiac patients in the ICU.

I. ESSENTIALS

Cardiac Physiology in the ICU
Sepsis
Mechanical Ventilation
Ultrasound Physics
Improving Image Acquisition
Essentials of Transthoracic Echocardiography
Essentials of Transesophageal Echocardiography
Measurements for the ICU Patient
II. TRANSTHORACIC ECHO ATLAS
Overview of the Windows
Parasternal Long Axis
Parasternal Short Axis
Apical
Sub-xyphoid
Neck
Focused Rapid Echo Evaluation for Shock
III. TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHO ATLAS
Overview of the Windows
Basal Short Axis
Four Chamber
Transgastric Short Axis
Focused Rapid Echo Evaluation for Shock
IV. CASE STUDIES
V. SPECIAL TOPICS
The Cardiac Surgical Patient
The Trauma Patient
Future of Echocardiography in the ICU.