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The following is a list of articles that was recommended to me for ACCE Certification. Many of the articles are from the standard reading list for the European Diploma of Echocardiography (EDEC) which is the European equivalent to the NBE ACCE Certification. The EDEC part of the list is published as a supplement to the international consensus statement on training standards for advanced critical care echocardiography. Expert Round Table on Echocardiography in ICU (Intensive Care Med. 2014;40:654-66). This Statement is well worth the read, as it is a definitive summary of ACCE. It serves as the basis for EDEC which I am told has a close relationship to the NBE ACCE Certification.
As the Statement was published in 2014, I have supplemented the EDEC reading list with some more recent articles. You will note that much of the literature on ACCE comes from French investigators who are responsible for the development of ACCE as a well defined sub-category of echocardiography.
This reference list is not exhaustive. It is representative of contemporary literature, guidelines, or review articles germane to the evolving field of ACCE. I welcome suggestions of additional articles that would be useful to the NBE ACCE Certification candidate
Heart-Lung Interactions
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Hemodynamic Monitoring
LV Diastolic Properties & Filling Pressures
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LV Systolic Function - General
LV Systolic Function in Sepsis
Pericardial Tamponade
Localized Pericardial Effusion/Hematoma
Valvular Assessment for Stenoses & Regurgitation
RV Disease
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Volume Responsiveness
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Infectious Endocarditis
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Acute Aortic Dissection
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Cardiovascular Source of Systemic Emboli
Right to Left Shunt
Pulmonary Embolism
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Complications of MI
Competency & Training
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Transesophageal Echocardiography
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Toronto General Hospital's Virtual Transesophageal Echocardiography website
-- Note: The module require Adobe Flash compatability. The creators are looking to convert over to HTML5 to make it widely available again.
General Review
General Critical Care Ultrasonography