Main description:

This review companion to Dr. Catherine Otto's Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography demonstrates how to record echos, avoid pitfalls, perform calculations and understand the fundamentals echocardiography for every type of cardiac problem. It teaches and tests in one convenient volume, with precise step-by-step instructions on using and interpreting echocardiography. It's a must-have for anyone new to the field or preparing for the echocardiography boards, the PTEeXAM, or the diagnostic cardiac sonographer's exam.

Contents:

1. Principles of Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Doppler Analysis

2. Normal Anatomy and Flow Patterns on Transthoracic Echocardiography

3. Transesophageal Echocardiography

4. Advanced Echocardiographic Modalities

5. Clinical Indications and Quality Assurance

6. Left and Right Ventricular Systolic Function

7. Ventricular Diastolic Filling and Function

8. Coronary Artery Disease

9. Cardiomyopathies, Hypertensive, and Pulmonary Heart Disease

10. Pericardial Disease

11. Valvular Stenosis

12. Valvular Regurgitation

13. Prosthetic Valves

14. Endocarditis

15. Cardiac Masses and Potential Cardiac Source of Embolus

16. Diseases of the Great Arteries

17. The Adult with Congenital Heart Disease

18. Intraoperative and Interventional Echocardiography