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Rolf Wigand is Director of the Graduate Program in Information Resources Management at Syracuse University, New York. He researches and teaches in information management, strategic use of IT, electronic commerce, tele-communications and information policy. Arnold Picot of Lugwig-Maximilians University in Munich is head of the German Association of Professors in Business Administration and the German Economic Association. Ralf Reichwald holds the chair for General and Industrial Business Administration at the Technical University of Munich.
Synopsis
Ultrasound equipment is gradually becoming more affordable, and the process is accurate and noninvasive. Thus, ultrasound can be a very lucrative skill for the clinician. In this text, detailed guidelines are provided for the proper use and interpretation of diagnostic echocardiograms in all domestic species, making this text of interest to all veterinary practitioners involved in this rapidly expanding area.
About the Author
June A. Boon, MS, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Physics of Ultrasound.Basic Physics.
Transducers and Resolution.
Doppler Physics.
Summary.
Chapter 2 The Echocardiographic Examination.
Introduction.
Patient Preparation.
Patient Positioning.
Transducer Selection.
Two-Dimensional Echocardiography.
M-Mode Echocardiography.
Spectral Doppler.
Color-Flow Doppler.
Chapter 3 Evaluation of Size, Function, and Hemodynamics.
Evaluation of Size and Flow Profiles.
Left Ventricular Function.
Hemodynamic Information.
Exercises.
Chapter 4 Acquired Heart Disease.
Mitral Insufficiency.
Aortic Insufficiency.
Tricuspid and Pulmonic Insufficiencies.
Endocarditis.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy.
Myocardial Infarction.
Pulmonary Hypertension.
Systemic Hypertension.
Pericardial Effusions, Pericardial Disease, and Cardiac Masses.
Miscellaneous Conditions Affecting the Heart.
Chapter 5 Congenital Heart Disease.
Obstructions to Flow.
Cardiac Shunts.
Miscellaneous Congenital Defects.
Appendix I Effect of Angle of Incidence [theta] on Doppler-Derived Velocity.
Appendix II Effect of Transducer Frequency on the Nyquist Limit.
Appendix III Effect of Sample Depth on the Nyquist Limit.
Appendix IV Echocardiographic Reference Values.
Index.