Otto C. Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography

5th edition. — Elsevier, 2013. — 548 p.Echocardiography is an integral part of clinical cardiology with important applications in diagnosis, clinical management, and decision making for patients with a wide range of cardiovascular diseases. In addition to examinations performed in the echocardiography laboratory, ultrasound imaging is now used in a variety of other clinical settings, including the coronary care unit, intensive care unit, operating room, emergency department, catheterization laboratory, and electrophysiology laboratory, both for diagnosis and for monitoring the effects of therapeutic interventions. There continues to be expansion of echocardiographic applications, given the detailed and precise anatomic and hysiologic information that can be obtained with this technique at a relatively low cost and with minimal risk
to the patient.
This textbook on general clinical echocardiography is intended to be read by individuals new to echocardiography and by those interested in updating their knowledge in this area. The text is aimed primarily at cardiology fellows on their basic echocardiography rotation but also will be of value to residents and fellows in general internal medicine, radiology, anesthesiology, and emergency medicine, and to cardiac sonography students. For physicians in practice, this textbook provides a concise and practical update.