Adult Heart Diseases

Acute coronary syndrome currently represents a heavy burden for the healthcare system; the primary clinical manifestation of the acute coronary syndrome is represented by a chest pain. The role of CPOCUS in this context is well established; it allows the diagnosis of heterogeneous contractility pattern mainly after a successful resuscitation of circulatory arrest [1], despite the fact that the assessment of abnormality in LV regional wall motion is in the scoop of the advanced critical care echocardiography, the CPOCUS allows to rule out the other diagnosis of acute chest pain, which may contraindicate the thrombolysis and permit diagnosis of acute complication of myocardial infarction.