Synopses & Reviews
Backed by your most respected colleagues at the Mayo Clinic! The Second Edition of this very popular technical manual guides you through the techniques, diagnostic criteria, and quantitative methods of both echocardiography and Doppler echocardiography. You'll appreciate the straightforward approaches to special clinical problems, hints on optimal techniques, and easy-to-follow diagnostic criteria for interpreting images. Plus, more than 500 illustrations -- well annotated and true to gray scale and color -- give you an immediate grasp of salient points. "The strength of The Echo Manual is the breadth of its synopsis in a readable and enjoyable form." (Anesthesiology, review of the last edition)
Synopsis
Backed by the Mayo Clinic! The Second Edition of this very popular technical manual guides readers through the techniques, diagnostic criteria, and quantitative methods of both echocardiography and Doppler echocardiography. Readers will appreciate the succinct, practical presentation that allows them to find information quickly, digest principles easily, and diagnose coronary abnormalities accurately. Plus...more than 500 illustrations foster an immediate grasp of salient points.
Synopsis
Thoroughly updated for its Third Edition, this best-selling manual is a practical guide to the performance, interpretation, and clinical applications of echocardiography. The Echo Manual is written by recognized authorities at the Mayo Clinic and provides a concise, user-friendly summary of techniques, diagnostic criteria, and quantitative methods for both echocardiography and Doppler echocardiography. Discussion of each clinical problem also includes transesophageal echocardiography.
This edition covers the latest techniques, standards, and applications and includes new contrast agents. All references have been updated. More than 900 images—well annotated and true to gray scale and color—give readers an immediate grasp of salient points.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations Commonly Used in Text, Tables, and Figures
How to Obtain a Good Echocardiography Examination: Ultrasound Physics, Technique, and Medical Knowledge
Transthoracic Echocardiography: M-mode, Two-Dimensional, and Three-Dimensional
Transesophageal and Intracardiac Echocardiography
Jae K. Oh, Donald J. Hagler, Allison Cabalka, Guy S. Reeder, Frank Cetta, Jr., and James B. Seward
Doppler Echocardiography and Color Flow Imaging: Comprehensive Noninvasive Hemodynamic Assessment
Tissue Doppler Imaging, Strain Imaging, and Dyssynchrony Assessment
Brian D. Powell, Raul E. Espinosa, Cheuk-Man Yu, and Jae K. Oh
Contrast Echocardiography
Assessment of Systolic Function and Quantification of Cardiac Chambers
Assessment of Diastolic Function and Diastolic Heart Failure
Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Myocardial Infarction
Stress Echocardiography
Valvular Heart Diseases
Prosthetic Valve Evaluation
Infective Endocarditis
Cardiomyopathies
Cardiac Diseases Due to Systemic Illness, Genetics, Medications, or Infection
Pericardial Diseases
Tumors and Masses
Diseases of the Aorta
Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Diseases: An Overview
Frank Cetta, Jr., James B. Seward, and Patrick W. O'Leary
Intraoperative Echocardiography
Roger L. Click and Jae K. Oh
Vascular Imaging and Tonometry
A. Rauoof Malik and Iftikhar J. Kullo
Goal-Directed and Comprehensive Examination
Appendix