Ideal for residents, fellows, and others who need a comprehensive, clinically focused understanding of echocardiography, The Echo Manual, 4th Edition, has been thoroughly revised with updated information, new chapters, and new video clips online. Written primarily by expert authorities from the Mayo Clinic, this best-selling reference remains a practical guide to the performance, interpretation, and clinical applications of today’s echocardiography.
Features all-new chapters specifically devoted to 3D echo, interventional echocardiography, and hand-carried ultrasound.
Includes new echo videos that provide a valuable learning experience of echocardiography in motion.
Provides a concise, user-friendly summary of techniques, diagnostic criteria, and quantitative methods for echocardiography, Doppler echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography.
Presents complex material in an approachable, visually appealing manner that focuses on the clinical application of echocardiography as a diagnostic tool.
Covers the latest techniques, standards, and applications – all highlighted by more than 900 high-quality, annotated images that are true to gray scale and color.
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Author(s): Jae K. Oh, Garvan C. Kane, James B. Seward, A. Jamil Tajik
Edition: 4
Publisher: LWW Wolters Kluwer
Year: 2018
Language: English
Tags: Cardiology; echocardiography; heart diseases
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
List of Contributors
Preface
Contents
Abbreviations
1: Transthoracic M-mode and Two-Dimensional Echocardiography
2: Transthoracic Three-Dimensional Echocardiography
3: Transesophageal Echocardiography
4: Doppler Echocardiography and Color Flow Imaging: Comprehensive Noninvasive Hemodynamic Assessment
5: Tissue Doppler and Strain Imaging
6: Contrast Echocardiography
7: Quantification of Left-sided Cardiac Chambers: Mass, Volumes, and Ejection Fraction
8: Assessment of Diastolic Function
9: Right Heart Assessment and Pulmonary Hypertension
10: Cardiomyopathies
11: Heart Failure, LVAD, and Transplantation
12: Pericardial Diseases
13: Native Valvular Heart Disease
14: Prosthetic Valve Evaluation
15: Infective Endocarditis
16: Stress Echocardiography
17: Coronary Artery Disease, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Takotsubo Syndrome
18: Cardiac Diseases Due to Systemic Illness, Genetics, or Medication
19: Cardiac Tumors and Masses
20: Diseases of the Aorta
21: Congenital Heart Disease
22: Interventional Echocardiography
23: Adult Intraoperative Echocardiography
24: Intracardiac and Intravascular Ultrasound
25: Vascular Tonometry and Imaging for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
26: Handheld Cardiac and Point-of-Care Ultrasound
27: Physics of Ultrasound
28: The Future of Echocardiography
29: Artificial Intelligence and Echocardiography: Current Status andFuture Directions
Appendix
Index
