Evaluation of Ultrasound of the Heart in Patients With Low Blood Pressure

Evaluating Critical Care Echocardiography in Patients With Cardiopulmonary Failure at the Time of Presentation

Hypothesis: Goal-directed echocardiography by trained critical care physicians is equivalent to that of echocardiography technicians/cardiologists for the purpose of determining etiology (reason) of cardiopulmonary failure.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who present to the medical intensive care unit with cardiopulmonary failure

Exclusion Criteria:

• None