RT Book, Section A1 Greenstein, Yonatan Y. A1 Mayo, Paul H. A2 Oropello, John M. A2 Pastores, Stephen M. A2 Kvetan, Vladimir SR Print(0) ID 1136419546 T1 Critical Care Echocardiography T2 Critical Care YR 1 FD 1 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071820813 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1136419546 RD 2024/10/15 AB KEY POINTSThe frontline intensivist uses echocardiography on a routine basis to aid in the diagnosis and management of patients with hemodynamic failure.Critical care echocardiography (CCE) is divided into basic and advanced levels of competency, with this chapter focusing on the fundamentals of basic CCE.The basic CCE examination comprises five standard transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) views: PSL, PSS, AP4, SCL, and IVC longitudinal axis.The intensivist performing basic CCE is capable of acquiring and interpreting the necessary images, has a strong foundation in the cognitive aspects of CCE, and understands the pitfalls inherent to the various echocardiographic views.Transesophageal echocardiography may be used within the scope of the basic CCE. It is typically used when TTE image quality is suboptimal.