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Basic Echocardiography in the ICU: A Practical Guide for Anaesthetists and Intensivists Part 2

Dr Alice Meagher1†, Dr Peter Moran2

1Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesiology Galway University Hospital, Ireland

2Consultant Anaesthesiologist & Intensivist Galway University Hospital, Ireland

Edited by: Dr K. Subramani Senior Professor Critical Care Medicine, Christian Medical College, Tamilnadu, India

†Corresponding author email: alicemeagher25@gmail.com

DOI: 10.28923/atotw.566

Published February 24, 2026

Abstract

Introduction to basic echocardiography in the ICU. Practical tutorial in how to use equipment, obtain views and recognize cardiac structures. Part 1 focusing on parasternal long axis and parasternal short axis and pathologies that can be identified in these views.

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