This book provides relevant information on not only the qualitative and quantitative interpretation of echocardiographic images and Doppler flow data, but also on how this information might affect clinical decision making.

This medical reference book keeps you current on the latest advances and techniques, so you can implement the best possible approaches with your patients.
Reinforce your learning with a visually rich reference that includes abundant figures and tables to supplement the text.
Utilize the most promising approaches for your patients with coverage of all echocardiography modalities, including contrast and 3-D echocardiography.

Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgments
NOTICE
Section 1 - Transesophageal Echocardiography
1 - Indications, Procedure. Image Planes, and Doppler Flows
2 - Monitoring Ventricular Function in the Operating Room Impact on Clinical Outcome
3 - Aortic Dissection and Trauma Value and Limitations of Echocardiography
Section 2 - The Left Ventricle
4 - Quantitative Evaluation of Left Ventricular Structure, Wall Stress, and Systolic Function
5 - Quantitative Evaluation of Regional Left Ventricular Systolic Function
6 - Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Clinical Utility of Doppler Echocardiography
7 - Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Digital Image Processing and Approaches to Endocardial Edge Detection
8 - Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Methods, Analysis, and Applications
9 - Interaction of Ultrasound with Tissue, Approaches to Tissue Characterization, and Measurement Accuracy
10 - Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Approaches and Applications
Section 3 - Ischemic Heart Disease
11 - The Role of Echocardiographic Evaluation in Patients Presenting with Acute Chest Pain to the Emergency Room Diagnosis, Triage, Treatment Decisions, Outcome
12 - Echocardiography in the Coronary Care Unit Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Detection of Complications, and Prognostic Implications
13 - Exercise Echocardiography Stress Testing in the Initial Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease and in Patients with Prior Revascularization or Myocardial Infarction
14 - Stress Echocardiography with Nonexercise Techniques Principles, Protocols, Interpretation, and Clinical Applications
15 - Principles of Intravascular Ultrasound
16 - Intravascular Ultrasound Histologic Correlation and ClinicalApplications
Section 4 - Valvular Heart Disease
17 - Quantitation of Valvular RegurgitationBeyond Color Flow Mapping
18 - The Role of Echocardiography in the Timing of Surgical Intervention for Chronic Mitral and Aortic Regurgitation
19 - Echocardiography in Patient Selection, Operative Planning, and Intraoperative Evaluation of Mitral Valve Repair
20 - Echocardiography in the Patient Undergoing Catheter Balloon Mitral Commissurotomy Patient Selection, Hemodynamic Results, Complications, and Long-term Outcome
21 - Clinical Decision Making in Endocarditis
22 - Aortic Stenosis Echocardiographic Evaluation of Disease Severity, Disease Progression, and the Role of Echocardiography in Clinical Decision Making
23 - Fluid Dynamics of Prosthetic Valves
24 - Echocardiographic Recognition and Quantitation of Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction
25 - Echocardiographic Recognition of Unusual Complications After Surgery on the Great Vessels and Cardiac Valves
Section 5 - Cardiomyopathies and Pericardial Disease
26 - Doppler and Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Evaluation in Acute and Long-term Management of the Heart FailurePatient
27 - Echocardiography in the Evaluation and Management of Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
28 - Restrictive Cardiomyopathy Diagnosis and Prognostic Implications
29 - Pericardial Disease
30 - The Role of Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Patients After Heart Transplantation
Section 6 - Echocardiography in the Pregnant Patient
31 - The Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Disease in Pregnancy
Section 7 - Other Vascular and Systemic Diseases
32 - Hypertension Impact of Echocardiographic Data on the Mechanism of Hypertension, Treatment Options, Prognosis, and Assessment of Therapy
33 - Echocardiographic Findings in Acute and Chronic Pulmonary Disease
34 - Echocardiographic Findings in Systemic Diseases Characterized by Immune- Mediated Injury
35 - Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Cardiac Disease Due toEndocrinopathies, Renal Disease, Obesity, and Nutritional Deficiencies
36 - Aging Changes Seen on Echocardiography
37 - Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Patient with a Systemic Embolic Event
38 - The Role of Echocardiography in Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter
Section 8 - Echocardiography in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
39 - General Echocardiographic Approach to the Adult with Suspected Congenital Heart Disease
40 - Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Adult with Unoperated Congenital Heart Disease
41 - Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Adult with Postoperative Congenital Heart Disease
Section 9 - The Echocardiography Laboratory
42 - Education and Training of Physicians and Sonographers
43 - Maintaining Quality in the Echocardiography Laboratory
44 - The Digital Echocardiography Laboratory

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