This document establishes specific European recommendations for the use of echocardiography in acute cardiovascular care settings.
Supports immediate adoption of echocardiography in pre-hospital acute care; extends European recommendations to standardize practice and guide trials.
Echocardiography is one of the most powerful diagnostic and monitoring tools available to the modern emergency/critical care practitioner. Currently, there is a lack of specific European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging/Acute Cardiovascular Care Association recommendations for the use of echocardiography in acute cardiovascular care. In this document, we describe the practical applications of echocardiography in patients with acute cardiac conditions, in particular with acute chest pain, acute heart failure, suspected cardiac tamponade, complications of myocardial infarction, acute valvular heart disease including endocarditis, acute disease of the ascending aorta and post-intervention complications. Specific issues regarding echocardiography in other acute cardiac care scenarios are also described.
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Lancellotti et al. (2015) conducted a review in Acute cardiovascular disease. Echocardiography was evaluated. Echocardiography is a powerful diagnostic tool in acute cardiovascular care, having been shown to change therapy in 60-80% of patients in the pre-hospital setting.
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