Nihoyannopous P. Echocardiography

Springer-Verlag London Limited 2009. 656 p. ISBN 978-1-84882-292-4.As increasing emphasis is placed on evidence-based medicine and the need to a rapid and clinically effective diagnosis of cardiac disease, so echocardiography is ever-more present at the forefront of cardiology. This book represents the current knowledge in the technique of cardiology and is designed to guide the resident and fellow through the most common applications of echocardiography while touching on some of the less often seen echocardiographic diagnoses.Contents
How Things Work
Physical Principles and the Basic Exam
Conducting a Cardiac Ultrasound Examination
Principles of Flow Assessment
Principles of Hemodynamic Assessment
Tissue Doppler, Doppler Strain, and Non-Doppler Strain: Tips, Limitations, and Applications
Transesophageal Echocardiography: Principles and Application
Valvular Heart Disease
Aortic Valve Disease: Aortic Stenosis
Mitral Valve Disease
Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve Disease
Pulmonary Hypertension Clinical Echocardiography
Criteria for Operative Intervention in Valvular Heart Disease Based on Echocardiography
Clinical Echocardiography Prosthetic Valves
The Use of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Infective Endocarditis
Pericardial Disease
Pericardial Effusion, Tamponade, and Constriction
Ventricular Disorders and Ischemic Disease
Clinical Echocardiography: Coronary Artery Disease: Assessing Regional Wall Motion
Stress Echocardiography
Principles of Myocardial Viability Implicationsfor Echocardiography
Echocardiography for Assessing Acute Myocardial Infarction
Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction
Cardiomyopathies
Echocardiography in Heart Failure
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Masses, Emboli and Trauma
Intracardiac Masses
Aortic Disorders
Source of Embolus
Congenital Heart Disease
Simple Congenital Heart Defects
Echocardiographic Evaluation of Complex Congenital Heart Disease
Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Special Methods
Intraoperative Echocardiography
Contrast Echocardiography
Three-Dimensional Echocardiography
Ultrasound Stethoscopy
Echo-Guided Interventions