Essential Echocardiography covers all of the major issues in diagnostic echocardiography. Specific subtopics that are common to all chapters include technical aspects of imaging, diagnostic pitfalls, and important clinical points for each diagnosis. The Echocardiographic Casebook will be of great value to cardiologists in both training and practice, internists, and cardiac sonographers.

The premier practical guide to understanding echocardiography Covers emerging cardiac technologies, advances in ultrasound technology, and new techniques and applications Provides an overview of the underlying physical and physiological principles of echocardiography Includes echocardiographic images and dedicated illustrations

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Essential Echocardiography (book/DVD) covers all of the major issues in diagnostic echocardiography. Each chapter covers the basics of imaging and important diagnostic aspects of each topic providing a series of moving and still images on the CD-ROM which the reader can access simultaneously. Specific subtopics that are common to all chapters include technical aspects of imaging, diagnostic pitfalls, and important clinical points for each diagnosis. The Echocardiographic Casebook will be of great value to cardiologists in both training and practice, internists, and cardiac sonographers.

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This is the premier practical guide to understanding echocardiography. The perfect marriage between anatomy and physiology, the text covers emerging cardiac imaging technologies, advances in ultrasound technology, as well as new techniques and applications of cardiac ultrasound.

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Echocardiographic Instrumentation and Principles of Doppler Echocardiography.- to Imaging.- Protocol and Nomenclature in Transthoracic Echocardiography.- Clinical Utility of Echocardiography.- Diseases of the Myocardium and Pericardium.- Echocardiographic Assessment of Ventricular Systolic Function.- Echocardiographic Assessment of Diastolic Function.- Echocardiography in Myocardial Infarction.- Stress Echocardiography.- Cardiomyopathies.- Pericardial Disease.- Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Stenosis.- Echocardiographic Evaluation of Aortic Regurgitation.- Mitral Stenosis.- Mitral Regurgitation.- Infective Endocarditis.- Miscellaneous Topics in Echocardiography.- Role of Echocardiography in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation.- Cardiac Source of Embolus.- Echocardiography in Pulmonary Embolism and Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension.- Cardiac Masses and Tumors.- Aortic Dissection and Other Diseases of the Aorta.- Echocardiography in the Assessment of Atrial Septal Defects.- Adult Congenital Heart Disease in General Echocardiography Practice.- Transesophageal Echocardiography.