Pocket Guide to Echocardiography

by Kacharava, Andro G.; Gedevanishvili, Alexander T.; Imnadze, Guram G.; Tsverava, Dimitri M.; Brodsky, Craig M.

• ISBN13: 9780470674444
• ISBN10: 047067444X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-22
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This pocket guide presents echocardiographic information in a quick-reference format ideal for use at point of care. It covers normal values, measurements, useful formulae, guidelines, indications, protocols and other essential data related to the performance and interpretation of echocardiographic studies.

Author Biography

Andro G. Kacharava, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Alexander Gedevanishvili, Director; Echocardiography Laboratory; West Georgia Medical Center; Lagrange, GA

Goran Imnadze, Ph D, Moscow Scientific Center of Cardiovascular Surgery of A.N.Bakulev

Dimitri Tsverava, MD, Ph D, Chief of Inpatient Services MediClubGeorgia (MCG) – Tbilisi, Georgia

Craig M. Brodsky, MD, Cardiologist: Lewis, Gotlieb, Saltzman, Edep & Brodsky, PA, Boca Raton, FL

Table of Contents

Forward

Preface

Abbreviations

Comprehensive TTE examination protocol

Indications and Contraindications and endpoints of DSE/ESE

Useful formulas and normal values

Guidelines for the safe use of echocardiography contrast

Atrial and Ventricul dimensions

Coronary artery territories diagram

LV systolic function and LV diastolic patterns

RV systolic function and RV diastolic patterns

Dilated, Hypertrophic and Restrictive Cardiomyopathies

Pericardial effusion, Cardiac Tamponade, Constrictive Pericarditis

Mitral Stenosis

Mitral valvuloplasty score

Recommendations for data recording and measurement for MS

Mitral Regurgitation

Aortic Regurgitation

Aortic Stenosis

Recommendations for data recording and measurement for AS

Resolution of apparent discrepancies in measures of AS severity

Pulmonary HTN, Pulmonic Stenosis, Pulmonic Regurgitation

Tricuspid Regurgitation & Tricuspid Stenosis

Infective Endocarditis

ACC/ASE Recommendations for Echocardiography in IE

Prosthetic valves

Normal Echocardiographic Values for Prosthetic Valves

Congenital heart disease

Miscellaneous

Aortic diseases

Indication for Surgery in Aortic diseases

TTE and Doppler protocols for assessment of ventricular dyssynchrony

Indications /Contraindications and complications of TEE

Routine approach to any TEE view and recommended views for evaluation of aorta

TEE probe orientation

Diagrams of standard TEE views

TEE measurements

TEE diagram of the regional blood supply to cardiac wall segments

TEE orientation for assessment of the mitral valve

Diagrams of TEE views in the evaluation of the mitral valve

References and recommended literature

Supplement

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