RT Book, Section
A1 Osborne, Michael
A2 Carmody, Kristin A.
A2 Moore, Christopher L.
A2 Feller-Kopman, David
SR Print(0)
ID 56301897
T1 Chapter 20. Ultrasound for Pericardiocentesis and Cardiac Pacing
T2 Handbook of Critical Care and Emergency Ultrasound
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160489-5
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56301897
RD 2024/04/23
AB Cardiac  procedures  are  typically  performed  by  cardiology  or  cardiothoracic  surgery  physicians  and  though  are  less  common  in  the  emergency  or  critical  care  setting,  may  be  life-saving  when  a  patient  is  in  extremis.  Two  situations  where  ultrasound  guidance  may  be  invaluable  for  cardiac  procedures  is  in  performing  pericardiocentesis  in  a  patient  with  tamponade  and  in  guiding  cardiac  pacing  in  a  patient  with  complete  heart  block  or  unstable  bradycardia  unresponsive  to  medications.