chapter 1 Echocardiography in acute aortic insufficiency -- chapter 2 Echocardiography in cardiac tamponade / chapter 3 Echocardiography in chest trauma / chapter 4 Echocardiography in cardiac arrest / chapter 5 Stress echocardiography in the emergency room / chapter 6 Portable echo in the emergency setting / chapter 7 Echocardiography in detecting cardiac sources of embolism / chapter 8 Echocardiography in acute pulmonary embolism / chapter 9 Emergency intraoperative echocardiography / chapter 10 The role of echocardiography in primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction -- chapter 11 Echocardiography in cardiogenic shock / chapter 12 Echocardiography in acute aortic dissection -- chapter 13 Echocardiography in acute mitral regurgitation -- chapter 14 Echocardiography in acute myocardial infarction / chapter 15 Echocardiography in complications of acute myocardial infarction / chapter 16 Echocardiography in obstruction of native valves / chapter 17 Emergency echocardiography in the patient with a prosthetic valve.