Ultrasound Physics -- Doppler -- Knobology, Image Acquisition, Optimization and Artifacts -- LV Segments and Chamber Quantification -- LV systolic function -- Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in the Critically Ill -- Right Ventricular Assessment -- TEE in the Critically Ill -- Valvular Assessment – Mitral and Aortic Valves -- Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve -- Hemodynamics -- Heart lung interaction and response to preload -- Lung Ultrasonography -- Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Embolism, and ARDS -- Pericardial Diseases -- Adult Congenital Heart Disease -- Abdominal Ultrasound -- Vascular Ultrasound -- Devices, Foreign Bodies, and Intra Cardiac Masses -- Echocardiography for Cardiac Arrest -- Ultrasonography for Procedural Guidance -- 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. .