Current and Future Role of Ultrasonography in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Leon Zhou; Brandon M Wiley

doi:10.1016/j.ccc.2023.06.001

Current and Future Role of Ultrasonography in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Crit Care Clin. 2024 Jan;40(1):15-35. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2023.06.001. Epub 2023 Sep 7.

Authors

Leon Zhou¹, Brandon M Wiley²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles General Medical Center, Clinic Tower A6E108, 2051 Marengo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
² Department of Cardiology, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles General Medical Center, Clinic Tower A6E108, 2051 Marengo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. Electronic address: brandon.wiley@med.usc.edu.

PMID: 37973351
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2023.06.001

Abstract

The contemporary practice of ultrasonography in the cardiac intensive care unit integrates the principles of echocardiography with whole-body imaging to create a more expansive paradigm of critical care ultrasonography (CCUS). This article will review the use of CCUS for diagnostic assessment, monitoring, therapeutic guidance, and prognosis.

Keywords: Critical care; Doppler; Echocardiography; Ultrasound.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Critical Care / methods
Echocardiography* / methods
Humans
Intensive Care Units*
Ultrasonography / methods