Practical Bedside Echocardiography Cases

A comprehensive review of echocardiographic imaging enhanced by hundreds of online animations viewable on your mobile device Echocardiographic imaging has become essential to the proper diagnosis of every type of cardiac disease and disorder. And there is no more efficient or innovative way to learn the proper use of cardiac ultrasound in clinical practice than Practical Bedside Echocardiography Cases: A Mobile Device Atlas. This powerful combination text and online video collection delivers coverage of every major cardiac topic and abnormality. Each of the eighteen chapters include questions followed by detailed discussion that answers the question, as well as illustrations and text supplemented by animations that can be opened with a QR code reader using a smartphone or a tablet with Internet access. Multiple variations on a topic are often included to illustrate the full spectrum of the abnormality being discussed. Bedside findings and the electrocardiogram, an integral part of the practice of echocardiography, are incorporated into the discussion whenever possible. Numerous references are provided, with a strong emphasis on freely available full-text articles. These are identified by an open book icon indicating they are readable as PDFs. Other references point you to full-text cardiac physical diagnosis articles that will prove valuable at the bedside; some are annotated to further explain their value, and others were chosen for the comprehensive illustration of cardiac pathology as it relates to echocardiographic imaging. The book also includes references to classic echocardiography articles that should be read by anyone interested in the topic. Eighteen chapters cover every important cardiac disease and abnormality Coronary Artery Disease * Pulmonary Disease * Valvular Disease * Pregnancy * Murmurs * Endocarditis * Hypertension and Preoperative Evaluation * Cardiomyopathies * Pericardial Disease * Diastolic Function * Arrhythmias and Neurological Disorders * Congenital Heart Disease * Diseases of the Aorta * Cardiac Tumors * Ultrasound Physics * Echocardiographic Anatomy * Contrast Echocardiograms * Wall Motion Abnormalities Daniel M. Shindler, MD (New Brunswick, NJ)Professor of Medicine;Director, Echocardiography Laboratory;Director, Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Program;Director, Cardiovascular Research Program;Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Table of Contents Congenital Heart Disease (Including PLSVC, Raghib, Bicuspid AV, Ductus) Valvular Heart Disease (Including Aortic stenosis, Mitral Insufficiency, Mitral steosis, Gallavardin, Tricuspid) Coronary Artery Disease (Including WMA organize, MI complications) Diastolic Function Cardiomyopathies (Including Dilated, Hypertrophic, Amyloid) Aorta Including Dissection Tumors (Including Myxoma, Papillary Fibroelastoma) Pericardial Disease (Including Effusion, Tamponade, Endocarditis) Electrophysiology (Including LAA) Physics Including St Jude artifacts Amyl Nitrate Methemoglobinemia The normal examination