Shindler Daniel M. (ed.) Practical Bedside Echocardiography Cases: An Atlas for Mobile Devices

McGraw-Hill Education / Medical, 2014. — 417 p. — ISBN: 978-0071812658Echocardiographic 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. This powerful combination text and online video collection delivers coverage of every major cardiac topic and abnormality.There are eighteen chapters that 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. An index of all videos and direct links to them online are also included. Multiple variations on a topic are often included to illustrate the full spectrum of the abnormality being discussed. Bedside findings and theelectrocardiogram, 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.Coronary Artery Disease
Pulmonary Disease
Valvular Disease
Pregnancy
Murmurs
Endocarditis
Hypertension and Preoperative Evaluation
Cardiomyopathies
Pericardia! Disease
Diastology
Arrhythmias and Neurological Disorders
Congenital Heart Disease
Diseases of the Aorta
Cardiac Tumors
illtrasound Physics
Echocardiographic Anatomy
Contrast Echocardiograms
Wall Motion Abnormalities