Stress Echocardiography

by Picano, Eugenio

• ISBN13: 9783540764656
• ISBN10: 3540764658
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-03
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Over the past twenty years, under the impetus of technological innovations and the drive for cost-effectiveness, stress echocardiography has developed into a well-established technique that is versatile, patient friendly, and relatively inexpensive. This growth has been reflected in the increasing size of past editions of Stress Echocardiography, all of which have been praised for their clarity and scope. This fifth edition of the book has been extensively revised and updated to reflect the further progress achieved over the past few years. The early chapters place the technique within a historical context and describe its pathophysiological basis. Thereafter, all aspects of stress echocardiography are discussed, clearly and in detail, by the distinguished pioneer, Eugenio Picano, and other contributors carefully selected for their expertise in the topic under consideration. Both mainstream and emerging applications are explained, and systematic comparisons with competing and complementary cardiac imaging techniques are provided from a clinically oriented perspective. The text is supported by a CD-ROM and a large number of high-quality illustrations. This book will be invaluable not only to cardiologists but also to non-experts such as technicians and students.

Author Biography

The author is Director of the Pisa Institute of Clinical Physiology of the Italian National Research Council. He is/was present or past editorial board member or guest editor of Circulation, Journal American College of Cardiology, European Journal Echocardiography, Journal of American Society of Echocardiography. He is founder and editor-in-chief of the Biomed Central, ISI-tracked, journal Cardiovascular Ultrasound.

Table of Contents

Basic Principles, Methodology and Pathophysiology

Stress echocardiography: a historical and societal perspective

Anatomical and functional targets of stress testing

Symptoms and signs of myocardial ischemia

Rational basis of stress echocardiography

Pathogenetic mechanisms of stress

Echocardiographic signs of ischemia

Segmentation of the left ventricle

Right heart stress echocardiography

Coronary flow reserve

Stress echocardiography: instructions for use

Stresses: how, when and why

Exercise echocardiography

Dobutamine stress echocardiography

Dipyridamole stress echocardiography

Adenosine stress echocardiography

Pacing stress echocardiography

Ergonovine stress echocardiography

Hyperventilation and cold pressor test

Grading to ischemic response

Diagnostic results and indications

Myocardial viability

Diagnostic flowcharts

Prognosis

New technologies and new diagnostic targets

New technologies

Contrast stress echo: endocardial, borders, myocardial perfusion, cellular receptors

Diastolic stress echo

Endothelial dysfunction and vascular stress echocardiography

In front of the patient. Clinical applications in different patient subsets.

Special subsets of angiographically defined patients

Special subsets of electrocardiographically defined patients

Special subsets of clinically defined patients

Microvascular disease

Hypertensive

Diabetes

Stress echocardiography in dilated cardiomyopathy

Stress echocardiography in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Stress echocardiography after cardiac transplantation

Stress Doppler echocardiography in valvular heart disease

Stress echo in children

Comparison with other imaging techniques

Stress echocardiography and nuclear imaging

Stress echo vs MSCT

Stress echo vs cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Stress echo and the imperative of appropriateness

Basic Principles, Methodology and Pathophysiology

Stress echocardiography: a historical and societal perspective

Anatomical and functional targets of stress testing

Symptoms and signs of myocardial ischemia

Rational basis of stress echocardiography

Pathogenetic mechanisms of stress

Echocardiographic signs of ischemia

Segmentation of the left ventricle

Right heart stress echocardiography

Coronary flow reserve

Stress echocardiography: instructions for use

Stresses: how, when and why

Exercise echocardiography

Dobutamine stress echocardiography

Dipyridamole stress echocardiography

Adenosine stress echocardiography

Pacing stress echocardiography

Ergonovine stress echocardiography

Hyperventilation and cold pressor test

Grading to ischemic response

Diagnost

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