The use of echocardiography in acute cardiovascular care: Recommendations of the european association of cardiovascular imaging and the acute cardiovascular care association

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 119-146

  Lancellotti, Patrizio ^a,o   Price, Susanna ^p   Edvardsen, Thor ^b   Cosyns, Bernard ^c   Neskovic, Aleksandar N ^d   Dulgheru, Raluca ^a   Flachskampf, Frank A ^e   Hassager, Christian ^f   Pasquet, Agnes ^g   Gargani, Luna ^h   Galderisi, Maurizio ⁱ   Cardim, Nuno ^j   Haugaa, Kristina H ^b   Ancion, Arnaud ^a   Zamorano, Jose Luis ^k   Donal, Erwan ^l   Bueno, Héctor ^m   Habib, Gilbert ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^h INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

ⁱ FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j HOSPITAL DA LUZ   (Portugal)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^m HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

ⁿ AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^p ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Acute cardiovascular care; Critically ill patients; Echocardiography; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AORTIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HUMANS;

EID: 84937418577     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu210     Document Type: Article

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