Principles of echocardiographic image acquisition and doppler analysis -- Normal anatomy and flow patterns on transthoracic echocardiography -- Transesophageal echocardiography -- Advanced echocardiographic modalities -- Clinical indications and quality assurance -- Left and right ventricular systolic function -- Ventricular diastolic filling and function -- Coronary artery disease -- Cardiomyopathies, hypertensive and pulmonary heart disease -- Pericardial disease -- Valvular stenosis -- Valvular regurgitation -- Prosthetic valves -- Endocarditis -- Cardiac masses and potential cardiac "source of embolus" -- Diseases of the great arteries -- The adult with congenital heart disease -- Intraoperative and interventional echocardiography.
Summary:
This 5th Edition enables you to use echocardiography to its fullest potential in your initial diagnosis, decision making, and clinical management of patients with a wide range of heart diseases. World-renowned cardiologist Dr. Catherine M. Otto helps you master what you need to know to obtain the detailed anatomic and physiologic information that can be gained from the full range of echo techniques, from basic to advanced. Acquire a solid foundation in the essentials of advanced echocardiography techniques such as contrast echo, 3D echo, myocardial mechanics, and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. Fully understand the use of echocardiography and its outcomes with key points that identify the must-know elements in every chapter, and state-of-the-art echo images complemented by full-color comparative drawings of heart structures. Familiarize yourself with new ASE recommendations for echocardiographic assessment of the right heart and 3D echocardiography, including updated tables of normal measurements.
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