TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: IMAGE ACQUISITION A1 - Cardenas-Garcia, Jose A1 - Mayo, Paul H. A2 - Levitov, Alexander B. A2 - Mayo, Paul H. A2 - Slonim, Anthony D. Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Critical Care Ultrasonography, 2e AB - Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has major application in the intensive care unit (ICU). Proficiency in TTE allows the intensivist to determine the diagnosis of cardiopulmonary failure, develop management strategies, and follow the results of therapeutic interventions with serial examinations. By definition, critical care echocardiography (CCE) is performed by the intensivist in the ICU. The clinician personally acquires and interprets the image at the bedside and uses the information to immediately guide management. It follows that the intensivist must have a high level of skill in image acquisition that requires knowledge of ultrasound physics, machine controls, and transducer manipulation. This chapter reviews important elements of image acquisition with emphasis on transducer manipulation. The reader is referred to Chapters 2 and 3 for a comprehensive discussion of physics and machine controls. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106128739 ER -