The product of the author's combined fifty-four years of experience in cardiac ultrasound at university hospitals, The Echocardiographer's Guide is designed to fill the need for a practical and complete resource for all technologists and physicians performing transthoracic Doppler/echocardiographic examinations. Each of the six chapters focusing on particular areas of cardiac pathology is prefaced with a discussion of the relevant cardiac anatomy and physiology that is prerequisite to obtaining thoughtful and goal-oriented studies and complete diagnoses.
Author(s): Ted Plappert, Martin G. St. John Sutton
Edition: 1
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Year: 2006
Language: English
Commentary: 8083
Pages: 194
DEDICATION......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 7
CHAPTER 1. PHYSICS AND INSTRUMENTATION......Page 8
CHAPTER 2. THE NORMAL DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION......Page 20
CHAPTER 3. EVALUATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC FUNCTION......Page 42
CHAPTER 4. EVALUATION OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION......Page 50
CHAPTER 5. EVALUATION OF DIASTOLIC FUNCTION......Page 58
CHAPTER 6. CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE......Page 68
CHAPTER 7. VALVULAR HEART DISEASE......Page 82
CHAPTER 8. CARDIOMYOPATHIES......Page 124
CHAPTER 9. DISEASES OF THE PERICARDIUM......Page 142
CHAPTER 10. DISEASES OF THE AORTA......Page 154
CHAPTER 11. CARDIAC MASSES......Page 162
CHAPTER 12. CONGENITAL CARDIAC MALFORMATIONS......Page 170
Index......Page 188
