Table 4.

Summary of focused transthoracic echocardiography findings in case studies.13, 14, 15 Further details of case studies 1–3 are provided in Appendix A

Case study	Presenting signs and symptoms	Working diagnosis	Focused echocardiography findings	Diagnosis
1	Tachycardia, hypotension, fever	Hypovolaemia, sepsis	Well filled left ventricle, poor contractility	Left ventricular failure
2	Chest pain, dyspnoea, followed by tachycardia, hypertension, hypoxia	Gastroenteritis, sepsis	Severely impaired left ventricle and abnormal aorta	Type A aortic dissection diagnosed with transoesophageal echocardiography
3	Dyspnoea, tachypnoea, tachycardia	Pulmonary embolism	No evidence of ultrasound features suggestive of pulmonary embolism	Salicylate poisoning