Color Atlas and Synopsis of Echocardiography

Accurately interpret cardiac ultrasound images and effectively manage the patient with this comprehensive atlas and text. Color Atlas & Synopsis of Echocardiography provides you with an encyclopedic, case-based overview of this essential imaging modality. Featuring more than 500 of state-of-the-art cardiac ultrasound images, this unmatched resource examines both the optimal use and limitations of echocardiography in a variety of clinical situations, with an emphasis on the very latest techniques. Unlike traditional echocardiography texts, this Atlas is focused on the role of echocardiography in patient diagnosis and management, as well as in reviewing the indications, contraindications, and interpretation of echocardiographic images. Authored by expert contributors, each topic begins with a clinical case presentation (patient story) and also includes evidence ratings from the combined ACC/AHA/ASE guidelines and full references.Topics include: echocardiographic methods used in everyday practice for the diagnos

Mani Vannan, MD (Columbus, OH) isProfessor of Medicine,Director of Cardiovascular Radiology,Ohio State University School of Medicine.