Point-of-care echocardiography is revolutionizing the management of patients presenting
with undifferentiated shock and cardiac arrest in the emergency department (ED). Its primary …

BackgroundEchocardiographic screening represents an opportunity for reduction in the
global burden of rheumatic heart disease. A focussed single-view screening protocol could …

Background This study aims to compare the increased time needed to perform advanced
focused cardiac measurements in the emergency department, including diastolic heart …

Background No established methodology exists for diagnosis of aortic stenosis (AS) using
focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS). We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of our …

Left ventricular outflow tract pseudoaneurysms are a rare but life-threatening disorder, often
caused by complications of cardiac surgery or myocardial infarction. We present a case …

Machine learning models in healthcare have been widely studied in a number of contexts
ranging from clinical risk stratification to image-guided diagnosis and prognostication …

In part 1 of this series, we focused on the physiologic and hemodynamic consequences of
aortic stenosis, as well as management in atrial fibrillation and procedural sedation. In this …

Aortic Stenosis is the most common valvular heart disease in Canada. In fact, after
hypertension and coronary artery disease, it is the third most common cardiovascular …

In addition to providing information about cardiac function, volume status, and vascular
resistance, point-of-care echo can detect life-threating anatomic pathology. In this chapter …

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