Main description:

This two volume textbook is a practical guide to echocardiography for trainees. Divided into seven sections, the book begins with an introduction to the history and basics of echocardiography. The second section explains how to perform different types of echocardiograph.

Each of the following sections examines echocardiography and its interpretation for various groups of heart diseases, whilst the final section describes the use of the technique for more general non-invasive procedures, including in systemic diseases, in life threatening conditions and for geriatric patients.

Edited by internationally-recognised Dr Navin Nanda from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, US, this comprehensive manual includes more than 1150 echocardiographic images and illustrations.

Key points

Comprehensive guide to echocardiography
Covers basic technique and use for diagnosis of numerous heart diseases
Edited by University of Alabama at Birmingham Prof Navin Nanda
Includes more than 1150 images and illustrations, and 6 DVD-ROMs with over 1700 video clips

Contents:

Section 1: History and Basics

History of Echocardiography
Early Doppler era: A key for a new Clinical Understanding of Cardiology
Basics of Ultrasound
Introduction to 3D Echo Technology
Basics of Speckle Tracking Echocardiography
Instrumentation of TEE included new technology

Section 2: Echocardiography/Ultrasound Examination and Training

Non-standard Echocardiographic Examination
The Complete Transthoracic Echocardiography
The Standard Transthoracic Examination. A Different Perspective
How to Do Three-Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination
Point to Care Diagnosis with Ultrasound Stethoscopy
Spectral Doppler of the Hepatic Veins
Spectral Doppler of the Pulmonary Veins
Tissue Doppler Imaging
Speckle Tracking Echocardioraphy
Echocardiographic Assessment of Global and Segmental Function Using Velocity Vector Imaging TM
Contrast Echocardiography
Myocardial Perfusion. Assessment by Contrast Echocardiography
Assessment of Endothelial Dysfunction Brachial Artery Reactivity
How to Do Two-Dimensional Transesophageal Examination
Upper Transesophageal and Transpharyngeal Examination
How to Perform a Three-dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiogram
Three-Dimensional Examination to Evaluate Valvular Disease: The Value of an Added Dimension
Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Guidance of Percutaneous Procedures
3D TEE in the Operating Room
Epicardial Echocardiography
Articrafts in Echocardiography
Intravascular Ultrasound
Peripheral Ultrasound
Non-invasive quantification techniques and vortex imaging
Artifacts in Echocardiography
Echocardiography Training

Section 3: Vulvar Heart Disease

Echocardiography in Acute Rheumatic Fever and Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease
Mitral Stenosis
Mitral Regurgitation
Aortic Stenosis
Low Gradient Severe Aortic Stenosis with Depressed and Preserved Ejection Fraction
Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Regurgitation
Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Disease
Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Aortic Disease
Echocardiographic Examination of the Tricuspid Valve
Echocardiographic Assessment of the Pulmonary Valve
Echocardiography in Infective Endocarditis
The Role of Echocardiography in Pulmonary Hypertension
Echocardiographic Assessment of Prosthetic Valves

Section 4: Left and Right Ventricle, Left Atrium Hemodynamics

M-Mode and Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Ventricular Systolic Function
How To Assess Diastolic Function
Evaluation of the Right Ventricle
Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of LV and RV Function
Role of Echo in Patients with Pacemakers and Defibrillator Leads
Echocardiographic Evaluation of Ventricular Assist Devices
Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Atrial Function
The Use of Echocardiography to Assess Cardiac Hemodynamics and Guide Therapy

Section 5: Ischemic Heart Disease. Cardiomyopathies. Pericardial Disorders Tumors and Masses

Echocardiographic Assessment of Ischemic Heart Disease
Stress Echocardiography
Three-dimensional Stress Echocardiography
Echocardiographic Assessment of Coronary Arteries
Echocardiographic Assessment of Cardiomyopathies
Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Pericardial Diseases
Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of Pericardial Disorders
Echocardiographic Assessment of Tumors and Masses

Section 6: Congenital Heart Disease

Fetal Echocardiography
M-mode and Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of Congenital Heart Disease in Children
Real Time 3-D Echocardiography for Qualification of Ventricular Volume Heart Diseases
Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease
Echocardiographic Assessment of Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult

Section 7: Miscellaneous and Other Noninvasive Techniques

Echo in Squatting Position
Echocardiography in Systemic Diseases
Echocardiography in Women
Echocardiography in Geriatric Patients
Echocardiography for the Electrophysiologist
Echocardiography in Life Threatening Conditions
Continuous Echocardiographic Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit
Echocardiography of the Lung
Future of Echocardiography and Ultrasound
Cardiac MRI Imaging
How Does MRI Interface with Echocardiography
Cardiac CT Imaging
Velocity Vector Imaging