Clinical resource
Focused bedside echocardiography can support assessment of a potential cardiac donor and timely expert review of acquired images.
NHS Blood and Transplant
The NHS Blood and Transplant guidance includes a training video, recommended views, a measurement guide, reporting prompts and information about transferring images for expert assessment.
Open NHSBT echocardiography guidance18-view workflow
Work through each window in order. Tick each image or measurement as it is acquired.
Open the NHS Blood and Transplant measurement guide for instructions and reference images before taking these measurements.
For colour images, set the Nyquist limit to 50–60 cm/s. Use a box wide enough to capture a valvular lesion, while remembering that an excessively wide colour box will reduce the frame rate.
Need to check a technique? Open the NHSBT measurement guide.
Final step
If you feel able and it is within your competence, please comment on the following.
Please transfer all images to the transplant centre in accordance with local governance.