Principles of Echocardiography and Intracardiac Echocardiography

Principles of Echocardiography has everything you need to successfully obtain and interpret cardiac echo images. Stuart J. Hutchison?a premier cardiac diagnostic specialist?explains the dos and don'ts of echocardiography so that you get the best images and avoid artifacts. Get only the coverage you need with clinically-oriented, practical information presented in a consistent format that makes finding everything quick and easy. High-quality images, tables of useful values and settings, and access to the full text and more online at expertconsult.com make this the one echo handbook that has it all. Stuart Hutchison , MD, FRCPC, FACC, FAHA, FASE, FSCMR, FSCCT, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary Division of Cardiology, Foothills Medical Center; Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Calgary, Canada Table of Contents: SECTION 1: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF VALVE DISEASE 1 The Aortic Valve 2 Aortic Stenosis 3 Aortic Insufficiency 4 The Mitral Valve 5 Mitral Stenosis 6 Mitral Insufficiency 7 Tricuspid Valve Disease 8 Prosthetic Valves and Dysfunction 9 Infective Endocarditis SECTION 2: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF THE LV AND CAD 10 Echocardiographic Assessment of the LV 11 CAD: Ischemia, Infarction and Complications 12 CAD: Stress Echo 13 Cardiomyopathies SECTION 3: ECHO HEMODYNAMICS 14 Echo Hemodynamics SECTION 4: OTHER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES AND MODALITIES 15 Contrast Echo 16 PISA Volumetric Techniques 17 Dys-synchrony/Prediction of Resynchronization 18 Stress, Strain, Speckle and TDI: Practical Applications SECTION 5: TEE 19 TEE Principles and Examples 20 TEE and Mitral Valve Repair SECTION 6: OTHER ULTRASOUND MODALITIES 21 ICE SECTION 7: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE 22 Echo Approach to Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease 23 3D Echo in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease 24 Adult Congenital Heart Disease SECTION 8: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF OTHER CARDIAC DISEASES/DISORDERS 25 Pericardial Diseases 26 Right Heart Diseases 27 Cardiac Masses 28 Cardiac Trauma SECTION 9: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC GUIDANCE OF PROCEDURES 29 Echocardiographic Guidance of Procedures