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Purpose of Review <p>Critical Care Echocardiography (CCE) is now established as an important tool in the intensive care unit (ICU). This paper aims to examine the expanding role of cardiovascular ultrasound in the ICU, focusing on its applications, benefits, and challenges, while highlighting recent advancements shaping the future of critical care echocardiography.</p> Recent Findings <p>Non-invasive echocardiographic measurement of hemodynamic parameters including stroke volume, cardiac output, left ventricular filling pressures, and pulmonary pressures have been well-validated against invasive measurements. Myocardial perfusion can also be evaluated using ultrasound enhancing agent techniques to further risk-stratify patients with chest pain.</p> Summary <p>Echocardiography enables clinicians to visualize cardiac anatomy and physiology directly at the bedside, providing immediate feedback in rapidly changing clinical situations. Assessment of stroke volume, cardiac output, and left ventricular filling pressures can be readily measured at the bedside and correspond with clinical outcomes including mortality. Measurement of central venous pressure and pulmonary pressures may guide clinical decisions in fluid management and mechanical ventilation strategies. Lastly, myocardial perfusion imaging can supplement the 2D echocardiographic evaluation to further risk-stratify patients presenting with chest pain.</p>

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Navigating the Waves of Critical Care Echocardiography: Unveiling its Role, Advantages, and Pitfalls in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年1月16日

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  • Ashley Darlington,
  • Dustin Hillerson,
  • Brad Ternus,
  • Sunil Mankad

摘要

Purpose of Review

Critical Care Echocardiography (CCE) is now established as an important tool in the intensive care unit (ICU). This paper aims to examine the expanding role of cardiovascular ultrasound in the ICU, focusing on its applications, benefits, and challenges, while highlighting recent advancements shaping the future of critical care echocardiography.

Recent Findings

Non-invasive echocardiographic measurement of hemodynamic parameters including stroke volume, cardiac output, left ventricular filling pressures, and pulmonary pressures have been well-validated against invasive measurements. Myocardial perfusion can also be evaluated using ultrasound enhancing agent techniques to further risk-stratify patients with chest pain.

Summary

Echocardiography enables clinicians to visualize cardiac anatomy and physiology directly at the bedside, providing immediate feedback in rapidly changing clinical situations. Assessment of stroke volume, cardiac output, and left ventricular filling pressures can be readily measured at the bedside and correspond with clinical outcomes including mortality. Measurement of central venous pressure and pulmonary pressures may guide clinical decisions in fluid management and mechanical ventilation strategies. Lastly, myocardial perfusion imaging can supplement the 2D echocardiographic evaluation to further risk-stratify patients presenting with chest pain.