Main description:

Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography, 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.

Contents:

Glossary

Key Equations

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 Transesophageal Echocardiography

The Echo Exam: Quick Reference Guide