RT Book, Section A1 Reardon, Robert F. A1 Laudenbach, Andrew A1 Joing, Scott A. A2 Ma, O. John A2 Mateer, James R. A2 Reardon, Robert F. A2 Joing, Scott A. SR Print(0) ID 57789804 T1 Chapter 6. Cardiac T2 Ma and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound, 3e YR 2014 FD 2014 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-179215-8 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57789804 RD 2022/05/27 AB Echocardiography is the gold standard for the diagnosis of many cardiac abnormalities. Point-of-care echocardiography (or focused cardiac ultrasound), performed and interpreted by clinicians, was described 25 years ago.1–3 Since then, there has been a significant amount of accumulated data to demonstrate that this practice changes management and improves patient care.4–73 Clinician-performed echocardiography is now a well-accepted part of the practice of emergency medicine.43,74,75 In addition, clinicians who manage critically ill or injured patients in other clinical settings are adopting the practice of focused cardiac ultrasound.76–115