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The Failing Heart Under Stress: Echocardiography is an Essential Monitoring Tool in the Intensive Care Unit

Cardiac Anesthesia and Postoperative Cardiac Surgical ICU, University Hospital Ghent, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium jan.poelaert{at}ugent.be

Echocardiography has been evolving to play a pivotal role in hemodynamic management, both intraoperatively and at the bedside. A full assessment of hemodynamics necessitates the use of all of the options available on modern echocardiographs. This introductory review provides insight into three important issues of hemodynamic monitoring by echocardiography: evaluation of preloading conditions, assessment of systolic function, and contractility and estimation of afterload. Mastering these three features will help in a minimally invasive approach of hemodynamic instability.

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Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Vol. 10, No. 1, 111-115 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/108925320601000118


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