Critical Care Echocardiography. A Self-Assessment Book

1. Ultrasound Physics
2. Doppler
3. Knobology, Image Acquisition, Optimization and Artifacts
4. LV Segments and Chamber Quantification
5. Left Ventricle Systolic Function
6. Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in the Critically Ill
7. Right Ventricular Assessment
8. TEE in the Critically Ill
9. Valvular Assessment: Mitral and Aortic Valves
10. Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve
11. Hemodynamics
12. Fluid Responsiveness and Heart Lung Interactions
13. Lung Ultrasonography
14. Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Embolism and ARDS
15. Pericardial Diseases
16. Adult Congenital Heart Disease
17. Abdominal Ultrasound
18. Vascular Ultrasound
19. Devices, Foreign Bodies, and Intra Cardiac Masses
20. Echocardiography for Cardiac Arrest
21. Ultrasonography for Procedural Guidance
22. States of Shock

This book provides practice questions in a case-based format to prepare for the National Board of Echocardiography’s examination to assess “Special Competence in Critical Care Echocardiography”.

Focused on the exam's core topics, this textbook caters to physicians who are preparing for the Critical Care Echocardiography board examination. Defining features of each chapter include case based scenarios with videos and supporting images, meaningful and relevant multiple-choice questions, key take-aways and a summary. This book is the product of a multidisciplinary collaboration between ICU physicians (Pulmonary, Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology), Cardiologists, and Anesthesiologists.

This book meets the needs of physicians from various disciplines preparing for the critical care echocardiography board examination. 

Roshni Sreedharan, MD
Program Director, Critical Care Fellowship
Department of General Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106

Sandeep Khanna, MD
Associate Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency
Department of General Anesthesiology & Department of Outcomes Research
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106

Ajit Moghekar, MD
Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106

Siddharth Dugar, MD
Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106

Patrick Collier, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106