Fundamental Cardiac Reading List

Fundamental Cardiac Ultrasound Micro-Credential Fundamental Cardiac Reading List

Soni et al (editors). Point-of-Care Ultrasound (2nd edition, Elsevier, 2019) – chapters 13,14,17,18,23.

Bulwer & Rivero. The Transthoracic Examination 2011 – full pdf available from Google Scholar

Kaddoura. Echo Made Easy (4^th ed, Elsevier, 2024)

Brown et al (editors). Comprehensive Critical Care Ultrasound (SCCM, 2015) – chapters 3,16,19

Levitov et al (editors). Critical care ultrasonography. (2^nd ed, McGraw-Hill, 2023) – chapter 1,12,13

Aurigemma et al. Insights Into the Standard Echocardiographic Views From Multimodality Imaging: Ventricles, Pericardium, Valves, and Atria. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2023; 36: 1266-1289.

Mitchell et al. Guidelines for Performing a Comprehensive Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination in Adults: Recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2019; 32:1-64.

Grant et al. Transthoracic Echocardiography: Beginner’s Guide with Emphasis on Blind Spots as Identified with CT and MRI. Radiographics. 2021; 41: 1022-1042. Hancock et al. Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound During Cardiac Arrest in the Emergency Department: A Multicentre Retrospective Study. Emerg Med Australas, 2026; 38: e70209

British Society of Echocardiography – 30 free educational cases

5 minute sono – several videos on basic Echo