Echocardiography in the Emergency Department. Focused echocardioscopy to determine the cause of syncope.

Authors

  • Rafael Lima Unidad de Anestesia cardiovascular. Hospital de Alta Especialidad “Centenario de la Revolución Mexicana”. México Anestesiólogo ecocardiografista. Universidad de Valparaíso. Chile
  • María Carolina Cabrera Schulmeyer Unidad de Anestesia cardiovascular. Hospital de Alta Especialidad “Centenario de la Revolución Mexicana”. México Anestesiólogo ecocardiografista. Universidad de Valparaíso. Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37615/retic.v1n1a15

Keywords:

focus echocardiography, syncope, myxoma.

Abstract

Cardiac evaluation with focused ultrasound in the Emergency Department is a quick way to rule out structural heart disease. In this case of syncope, the evaluation performed by the emergency doctor was the tool that guided the diagnosis that eventually led the patient to heart surgery.

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Published

2018-04-30

How to Cite

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Lima R, Cabrera Schulmeyer MC. Echocardiography in the Emergency Department. Focused echocardioscopy to determine the cause of syncope. Rev Ecocardiogr Pract Otras Tec Imag Card (RETIC) [Internet]. 2018 Apr. 30 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];1(1):63-4. Available from: https://imagenretic.org/RevEcocarPract/article/view/117

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2018): Journal of Practical Echocardiography and Other Cardiac Imaging Techniques

Section

TRUKIPEDIA

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